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Jammu and Kashmir police arrested four Hizbul Mujahedeen (HM) militants, responsible for the attack on National Conference's Shopian town president Abdul Rehman Watchku, on August 25. Acting on a tip off the police arrested Jehangir Ahmad Malik and recovered a pistol from his possession. Three more members-Rafiq Ahmed Sheikh, Mukhtar Ahmad Tantray and Shahid-were also arrested, and some ammunition was also recovered. "The gun with which they have fired AK-56 along with magazine... were recovered. There were two pistols and some ammunition which were also recovered," said Liyaqat Khan, police stations house officer of Shopian.