The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday detained a seniorpolice along with two Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) militants when he was travellingin his vehicle, sources said.

Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Devinder Singh washeld in the Mir Bazar area of south Kashmir's Kulgam district.

The police intercepted his vehicle and arrested two JeMmilitants and recovered five grenades from it. "Two AK-47 rifles wererecovered in a subsequent raid at the officer's residence," source toldIANS.

Singh, detained for questioning, was posted at the Srinagarairport in the anti-hijacking squad.

According to sources, the detained officer had served in theanti-insurgency special operations group (SOG) of the state police for manyyears.

Although senior officers are tight-lipped about thedevelopment, sources said Singh was being questioned to unearth his nexus withmilitants.