SRINAGAR, Sept 4: Four people were shot dead in occupied Kashmir overnight and Saturday, while over a dozen Mujahideen were arrested, police said.

Mujahideen shot dead an Indian soldier and wounded two others in a clash in south Kashmir on Saturday.

A police spokesman said at least two of the Mujahideen involved in the attack later sought refuge in a house in Nagabal village, in southern Pulwama district, but managed to escape as darkness set in.

Overnight, Abdul Rashid Dar alias Tariq Aziz, a senior commander of Hizbul Mujahideen, was shot dead, the police spokesman said.

"We are ascertaining who killed Dar," the spokesman said.

"It seems to be a case of intra- or inter-group rivalry," he said.

LEADER HELD: Indian troops on Saturday arrested a leader of the All-Parties Hurriyat Conference, Ghulam Ahmad Mir, who is also chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir People's Movement, says Kashmir Media Service.