QUETTA, Feb 12: Authorities were interrogating top Taliban commander Mullah Mansoor Dadullah on Tuesday, a day after he was wounded and arrested in a shootout with security forces, police said.

Mullah Dadullah was captured at a village in the Qila Saifullah district of Balochistan on Monday.

“We have handed Dadullah over to the security agencies. He is under interrogation and details will be known later,” Balochistan police chief Saud Gohar told AFP.

He said Mullah Dadullah had narrowly evaded capture in another shootout in January that left two militants dead.

“The incident took place in the same district about three weeks ago,” the police chief said.

“They escaped into an orchard and the exchange of fire lasted half an hour. Two of his guards were killed but Mullah Dadullah managed to flee,” he added.—AFP