MINGORA, Feb 26: Three close associates of Swat’s hardline cleric Maulana Fazlullah were arrested on Tuesday.

Police said that one of the suspects, Sayed Rehman, was arrested from Koza Banda and the two others, Mohammad Ishaque and Zahid Khan, from the Kadyser Manglawar area. A motorcycle, a Kalashnikov and a repeater had been seized.—Correspondent