NEW DELHI: India seek another favour from Pakistan over RAW agentKulbhushan Jadhav.
India on Friday said it has asked for “immediate, effective and unhindered”consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav from Pakistan and was in touch withthe neighbouring country through diplomatic channels on the matter.
After Pakistan had said in September that second consular access to Jadhavwould not be granted, India had asserted that it will keep trying for fullimplementation of the verdict by the International Court of Justice in hiscase, New Indian Express has reported.
“On Kulbhushan Jadhav, we are in touch with the Pakistani side throughdiplomatic channels. Would not like to disclose what is the nature ofdiscussion on this matter at a public forum,” Ministry of External AffairsSpokesperson Raveesh Kumar said when asked about any development on secondconsular access to Jadhav.
“We have requested immediate, effective and unhindered consular access fromPakistan in light of the ICJ judgement and we will see where it goes. But,yes there is some communication that is going on between India and Pakistanon this issue,” he said.
Jadhav was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges ofespionage and terrorism in April 2017.
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Weeks later, India approached the ICJ against Pakistan for denial ofconsular access to Jadhav and to challenge the death sentence.
Charge d’ Affaires at the Indian High Commission in Islamabad GauravAhluwalia met Jadhav on September 2 after Pakistan granted consular accessto the retired Indian Navy officer following a directive from the ICJ.
After the meeting, the MEA had said Jadhav appeared to be under “extremepressure” to parrot a false narrative to bolster Pakistan’s untenableclaims in his case.
