A notorious narco-terror operative who had been absconding for more than two years has been arrested here, the State Investigation Agency (SIA) of the Jammu and Kashmir Police said on Tuesday.

The arrested accused, Abdul Rashid Bhat, a resident of Padgampora area of south Kashmir's Pulwama district, had been evading arrest in the 2022 case for more than two years and was designated a proclaimed offender, an SIA spokesperson said.