India police held for 'gun theft'

By Binoo Joshi
BBC News, Jammu

Police in Indian-administered Kashmir say they have arrested three officers and a civilian for trying to sell arms from the police armoury to militants.

Jammu region's senior superintendent of police, Manohar Singh, told the BBC that members of Lashkar-e-Toiba paid about $4,500 (£2,400) for the weapons.

The militants had asked the four suspects to obtain five rifles and ammunition from the armoury, he said.

The suspects were arrested in Jammu region's Doda district.

Earlier, three Indian army soldiers and two policemen were arrested in the state over their alleged links with Lashkar-e-Toiba.