Srinagar: Militant outfit Hizb-ul-Mujahideen on Monday disowned the militant, Sarfaraz Ahmad Sheer who was arrested in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district today.

Hizb Operational Spokesman, Burhan-u-Din in a tele-statement to KNS condemned the police claims, saying that Sarfaraz was not affiliated with Hizb. He said that “police claims about the arrest of Hizb militant came as surprising and joke to them.” (KNS)