Qari Saeed, leader of the Tahreek-e-Taliban Pakistan Orakzai chapter has been arrested by the police, a private TV channel said.
Saeed was arrested with an accomplice during a raid in Nowshera.
According to the source, Saeed was collaborating an attack on a gathering to observe the death anniversary of KPK Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain’s son Mian Rashid Hussain.