Man claims 'spy' held in Pak is his mentally-challenged brother

Khandwa: Days after an Indian national was arrested in Pakistan allegedly for "spying", a man from Madhya Pradesh on Sunday claimed the arrested person was his "mentally-challenged brother" who has been missing for the last two months.

However, Khandwa district police said they had no information about any such person missing from the district.

Police in Pakistan's Punjab province had last week claimed to have arrested an "Indian spy", Raju Lakshman, in the town of Dera Ghazi Khan.

Dilip Pindare, a resident of Indawadi village in Khandwa district, has claimed the person arrested by Pakistan police was his mentally challenged brother.

"Two persons in civil dress had come to our house yesterday (Saturday). They showed us pictures on their mobile phone. The person seen in the picture is Raju, who is my mentally challenged elder brother," said Dilip Pindare.