NEW DELHI: The Indian government on Saturday dismissed as “riddled withfactual inaccuracies” a media report that suggested that Kulbhushan Jadhav,the Indian national who was sentenced to death by a Pakistani militarycourt on alleged espionage charges, might be a serving Indian naval officer.
“The report is riddled with factual inaccuracies and presents a false storywhich is concocted and mischievous,” External Affairs Ministry spokespersonRaveesh Kumar said in response to a query.
“The story relies considerably on the tutored videos of Jadhav released bythe Pakistan government and furthers its propaganda.
“This places a big question mark on the credibility of this story and theintended purpose,” he added.
Raveesh Kumar reiterated that the facts on Jadhav “remain what we havereleased in our previous statements”.
“Jadhav is a retired Indian naval officer, who was engaged in a business inIran, and was kidnapped in Iran and produced in Pakistan,” he said. “We arefighting his case at the ICJ (International Court of Justice at TheHague).” – Agencies