India, Aug. 14 -- The Government Railway Police (GRP) Jammu on Thursday arrested a terrorist evading arrest for the past 35 years for his involvement in the 1991 Jammu railway station bomb blast case, which left three dead, including two from paramilitary forces, and injured 18 civilians.

Altaf Hussain Sheikh, a resident of Bijbehara in Anantnag, was booked under the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, the Explosive Substances Act and other relevant sections of the Ranbir Penal Code at Police Station GRP Jammu. "The accused, arrested after a 35-year chase, had initially gone underground and was living with a concealed identity for several decades," said GRP's spokesperson of Jammu.

Sheikh, along with other accomplices,...