According to Balochistan Human Rights Group, on December 18, 2022, two close relatives of Maulvi Abdul Ghaffar Naqshbandi were arrested and interrogated by the security forces in Chabahar and Rask.
The identities of these two citizens, “Abdul Qadir Naqshbandi” and “Hussain Naqshbandi”, are both cousins ​​of Maulvi Abdaghfar Naqshbandi.
According to this report, Abdul Qadir was arrested in an electrical shop by six security forces and was handcuffed and blindfolded and interrogated in an unknown place, and Hossein was arrested in his home in Chabahar by security forces and interrogated in an unknown place.
It has been notify that after being arrested and interrogated for several hours, both of these citizens were released.
It should be noted that Maulvi Abdul Ghafar Naqshbandi, the temporary imam of Rask, was summoned by the Mashhad Clergy Court, and after his departure to Mashhad, his contact with his family was cut off.
His father Maulvi Fathi Mohammad, Imam of Juma Rask, announced on Friday, December 16, 2022, that Maulvi Naqshbandi has gone to Mashhad and there is no news of him anymore, and asked the security agencies to follow up on his son’s condition.
There are speculations that he was arrested by the security forces after being summoned to the special court of Mashhad Clergy.
