„He was arrested today in Sirte,“ Col. Abdullah Naker told Reuters on behalf of the council.
Other sources said he was taken to the eastern city of Benghazi, where he was questioned.
But another spokesman for the council in Benghazi, Jalal el-Gallal, said his office had called commanders in the besieged city of Sirte and „so far as we are concerned there is no confirmation that Mutassim Gadhafi has been captured.“
A NBC News crew in Sirte reported separately that rebel soldiers had driven past them Wednesday, saying they had raided the son‘s compound in Sirte.