Hizb divisional commander's wife among four arrested

A self-style Hizbul Mujahideen divisional commander's wife and her body guard were among four militant supporters arrested in Udhampur and Doda districts of Jammu and Kashmir, police officials said here.

Shameema Begum, wife of the HM commander Javed Qureshi alias Ghulam Nabi, and her body guard Shameem Ahmed were arrested by the police when the duo were on their way to Marmat area of Doda district from Udhampur's Sudhmahadev area last night, they said.

Shameema was allegedly involved in extorting money, channelling hawala money, sim cards and mobile sets to militants operating in Sudhmahadev, Marmat and Kishtwar belts, they said.

Police also arrested two militant supporters Dawood Khan and Nazir Ahmed from Sungli area of Bhaderwah tehsil in Doda district early today and recovered sim cards and cash from them.