Srinagar, May 3 -- J&K Police said on Friday that it arrested an overground worker during the investigation into a last month's attack on a non-local cab driver in the Shopian district.

On April 9, the taxi driver, Paramjit Singh, a resident of Delhi, was fired upon in an apparent targeted attack by militants in Padpawan village of Shopian, injuring him critically. The attack took place at the Danish resort in Heerpura, which falls on Mughal Road and connects Kashmir with Rajouri and Poonch districts of theJammu region.

A joint team of police, the Army's 44 Rashtriya Rifles, and the CRPF's 14 battalion made a significant breakthrough in the case by arresting an OGW, the police said.

"With a significant development in the investigation ...