Srinagar, Nov 22 (PTI) A militant was arrested from a madrasa in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, the Army said on Sunday.

Security forces launched a search operation in the Chatpura Mohalla area of the south Kashmir district late on Saturday based on intelligence inputs about the presence of a person from the Handwara area of north Kashmir's Kupwara district who was actively involved with militants, an Army official said here.

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During the operation, the person was apprehended, he added, without identifying him.

The official said the person was interrogated on the spot, during which he revealed the presence of a militant in a nearby madrasa.

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The forces cordoned off the area and the “militant (name withheld) was apprehended,” he said without divulging further details.

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