INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
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The blast occurred at a busy bus station in Jammu city
Indian
police have arrested an alleged member of the Hizbul Mujahideen militant group after a grenade attack killed at least two people and injured
The attack took place on Thursday in a bus station in the Indian-administered state of Jammu and Kashmir
It came weeks after a suicide attack against security forces that triggered tensions between India and Pakistan
Hizbul Mujahideen has said it was not behind Thursday's attack.But police told TheIndianSubcontinent Urdu that the accused, Yasir Javed
He is a Kashmiri and reported to be in his 20s."He revealed that he was tasked with throwing the grenade by Farooq Ahmed Bhat, a district
commander of Hizbul Mujahideen in Kulgam district," inspector general Manish Kumar Sinha said
Mr Sinha added that they were gathering more intelligence on Yasir
Hizbul Mujahideen was formed in 1989 when an armed insurgency against Indian rule first broke out in the valley
It was the largest Kashmiri militant group through the 1990 and is considered to be pro-Pakistani
India has blamed Pakistan for supporting militancy in the region - a charge Islamabad denies.Image copyrightReutersImage caption
Pakistan PM Imran Khan said Pakistan was not behind the suicide attack in February
This has long been a source of
tension between the nuclear-armed neighbours as groups based in Pakistan have carried out deadly attacks on Indian soil
The suicide attack last month killed more than 40 central reserve policemen in Indian-administered Kashmir.Tensions between the two sides
India carried out air strikes against what it said was a militant camp based in Pakistan and the latter retaliated with air raids of its own
An Indian fighter jet was shot sot down in Pakistan-administered Kashmir and the pilot was captured
Two days later, Pakistan handed over the pilot to Indian officials establishing a fragile truce
