NEW DELHI – Indian Journalist Chandan Nanday, who filed the story onKulbhushan Jadhav, goes missing on Saturday. The story was published inIndian digital platform The Quint on Friday and has been retracted by theoutlet on Saturday.
The news of Nandays disappearance was shared by Pakistan Foreign OfficeSpokesperson Dr Mohammad Faisal in a tweet on his personal account onTwitter. Dr Faisal stated:
“Update as reported: Journalist Chandan Nandy who filed the story is“missing/gone in hiding”, was last spotted at Khan Market Delhi and sincethen has been untraceable for Family and friends. Freedom of [the] press ?”
The story, originally titled as ‘Two Ex-RAW Chiefs Did Not Want KulbhushanJadhav Recruited As Spy’, stated that convicted Indian spy in Pakistan,Kulbhushan Jadhav, was indeed a RAW agent. The story was deleted onSaturday.
Chandan Nandy is opinion editor of The Quint. His Twitter account shows thestory he filed as his last tweet 18 hours ago.