JAMMU, Aug 4: Police have arrested a Kashmiri they believe is linked to a militant group over blasts in Mumbai last month which killed 183 people, an intelligence officer said on Friday.

Abdul Hameed, 35, who was working in Mumbai as a security guard prior to the July 11 blasts, was arrested on Thursday night at Potha village in Poonch district, the officer said.

Hameed came under suspicion after Mumbai police found his identity card at one of the blast sites and discovered that since the attacks he had not reported for work.

“He has been picked up with the help of the Jammu and Kashmir police. He will be shifted to Mumbai,” a police intelligence officer in Jammu said.

He said Hameed was suspected of having links with Lashkar-i-Taiba.

Meanwhile, five militants and an Indian soldier were killed and four soldiers wounded in village gunbattles in occupied Kashmir, police said.

Three militants and the soldier were killed in Doda district. Two militants were killed in Kangan and Helmatpora.—AFP