Delhi Police has arrested an alleged member of Lashkar-e-Taiba module operating in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara, officials said on Tuesday.

The accused, who is a retired army personnel, has played an instrumental role in receiving arms and ammunition from across the Line of Control (LoC), they said.

The accused identified as Riyaz Ahmad Rather, a resident of Kupwara district, was arrested on Sunday from New Delhi Railway Station, police said.

He was involved in hatching a conspiracy along with one Khursheed Ahmad Rather and Ghulam Sarwar Rather in receiving arms and ammunition from across the LoC by the terrorist handlers, a senior police officer said.

Information was received from the investigating agencies in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday that one Riyaz Ahmad Rather was wanted in the recent terror module case busted by them where five people were arrested and incriminating material, including five AK rifles (short), five AK Magazines and 16 short AK rounds were recovered, he added.