Three overground workers of banned Jaish-e-Mohammad group were arrested by police in South Kashmir Thursday in connection with the June 12 strike in which five CRPF personnel and station house officer Arshad Ahmed Khan were killed, officials said.
They said the trio have given details to policeabout the June 12 strike at busy KP road.
The five CRPF personnel were killed on the spot andKhan was injured. He succumbed to his injuries on June 16.
The trio, during their interrogation, told thepolice that a Pakistani militant was brought to the house of one of the accusedby local Jaish commander Fayaz Punzoo.
The Pakistani militant was in Anantnag from June 8before he carried out the strike on the paramilitary forces. He had also conducteda reconnaissance of potential targets around the area.