Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan commander Molvi Bahadur Jan arrested at airport while he was trying to flee the country.

The Federal Investigation Agency of Pakistan(FIA) has arrested the main commander of banned Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan Molvi Bahadar Jan from Peshawar airport.

The immigration officials from Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) got hold of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Commander Molvi Bahadar Jan minutes before he was about to proceed for boarding a private airline flight from Peshawar to Dubai.

The name of the Taliban Commander has been put on the stop list by the Ministry of Interior and was identified during the verification of his travel documents, local media reported.

Molvi Bahadar Jan is wanted in several terrorism related cases by intelligence agencies for several months.