Militant wanted for 130 killings arrested in Pakistan

"We have arrested Ramzan Mengal, an activist of banned militant outfit Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, from Quetta late Friday. He is wanted in 130 cases of sectarian killings," Quetta police chief Pervez Rafi Bhatti told AFP.

Bhatti said police nabbed Mengal after watching him for three days and added that he did not resist arrest.

The government had offered a reward of one million rupees (about 16,800 dollars) for Mengal's arrest since 2001.

"It is a big catch and a severe blow to the network of sectarian militants," Bhatti said.

The investigators have confirmed the identity of the accused and were trying to obtain more leads from him about other members of the network, Bhatti said.

Mengal is believed to have played an important role in last year's suicide attack on a Shiite procession in Quetta in which 50 people were killed and another 50 were killed in another suicide attack on a Shiite mosque in 2003.