Top Hizbul militant Waseem Ahmed Malik, accused of masterminding the 1995 Republic Day blast claiming 12 lives, has been arrested from Kishtwar district.

Malik, then a self-styled Hizbul district commander, masterminded the blasts along with some other Pakistani militants led by one commander Ifran, in which 60 others were injured and the then Governor Gen KV Krishna Rao had a narrow escape.