ISLAMABAD: Indian diplomat Deepak Mittal refused to shake hand with Pakistani diplomat Mohammad Faisal today in the International Court of Justice.

This act of his is seen as sign of frustration over the exposure of the RAW spy Kulbhushan Yadav in front of the world.

Ahead of the hearing today, Deepak Mittal, who is the head of the Pakistan division in the external affairs ministry and is representing India in the retired Navy officer’s case at the ICJ, ignored the handshake gesture by Mohammad Faisal, Pakistan’s DG for South Asia and SAARC. Interestingly, Mr Mittal shook hands Pakistan delegation other members, including the Pakistani attorney general, the main lawyer in the case from the Pakistan government.

Mr Mittal intentionally ignored his hand and moved away with Namaste.Last week also, frosty Indo-Pak relations were on full display when Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was on the dais with his Pakistani counterpart at an event in Japan.There is increasing strain in Indo-Pak ties in the aftermath of the Kulbhushan Jadhav episode and the beheading of two Indian soldiers by the Pakistan Army.