Haridwar Police Detains Family Members Of Tailor Arrested For 'Spying' In Bathinda
The entire family of Rakib, who is originally from Dosni village in Laksar constituency in Haridwar, are tailors by profession.
Published : May 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM IST
Laksar (Uttarakhand): Haridwar Police on Thursday detained three members of the family of a tailor who was arrested last week in Punjab's Bathinda on charges of spying for Pakistan.
Rakib Khan, who worked as a tailor in Bathinda Cantonment area, was sent to three-day police custody on May 13 after his arrest by the Bathinda Cantonment Police with assistance from Army intelligence over alleged suspicious activities within the military area.
Haridwar Police officials said they have detained Rakib's brother Nazim, his cousin Firoz and nephew Sahib, for questioning on Thursday. "Nazim works as a tailor in Amritsar. He had come home a day earlier. Firoz also works as a tailor in Raiwala in Uttarakhand. While the nephew runs a salon in Landhaura in Uttarakhand," they said.
The entire family of Rakib, who is originally from Dosni village in Laksar constituency in Haridwar, are tailors by profession. Most of his family members, including his late father, used to make uniforms for soldiers.
Investigation by Bathinda police has revealed that Rakib allegedly had a connection to Pakistan's intelligence agency, and sensitive documents related to the army were found in his phone.
According to Haridwar police, Rakib's father, Iqbal Khan, also used to make uniforms for the army. Apart from Rakib, his four other sons, Raees in Suratgarh, Nasir and Nazim in Amritsar, and Aqil in Allahabad, work as tailors, stitching uniforms for the army.
Youngest among siblings, Rakib started working with his father in Bathinda. After Iqbal passed away three years ago, Rakib continued to stay in Bathinda and handled all the work his father had left behind.
Haridwar SSP Pramod Dobal said that police are collecting information from all the people. "Intelligence is also collecting information about the relatives involved in this. Apart from this, we are ready to offer all assistance to Bathinda Police in the case if they need it," he said.
Rakib's family has termed the allegations as false. "He is a family man, he has three children. He is innocent," said a member of Rakib's family.
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