Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Sher Afzal Marwat has reportedly been arrested from outside the Lahore High Court (LHC).

Marwat, senior vice president of the party, was leaving from the high court after attending a lawyers’ convention when a heavy contingent of police took him into custody.

As per reports, he is being taken to the Mozang police station.

Last week, the PTI leader alleged an attempted “abduction” by K-P police while en route to Gulabad near Chakdara for a party convention scheduled in Bajaur.

Marwat claimed that the police made a concerted effort to ‘abduct’ him as he was entering Gulabad, with approximately 300 heavily equipped officers allegedly involved in the incident.

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However, following an uproar from the workers present, the police subsequently released him and instructed them to leave the area.

This development followed the registration of a First Information Report (FIR) against Marwat and PTI workers for organising a worker’s convention in Swabi on December 3.

Authorities charged 21 local PTI leaders and others for violating Section 144. Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code 1898 empowers the district administration to impose a complete ban on any form of unlawful or unauthorised gathering, rally, assembly, protest, or gathering of more than five people.

Marwat had secured protective bail from the Islamabad High Court (IHC) in two cases previously.

In October, a case was filed against him in K-P for allegedly provoking the public against state institutions through social media.