New Delhi: At least till Sunday evening, Pakistan had not informed India that it was denying New Delhi consular access to former Indian naval officer Kulbhushan Jadhav, sources said in New Delhi.
News agencies had earlier quoted Pakistani media reports on Saturday that Pakistan had denied India consular access to Jadhav, arrested by Islamabad earlier this year.
“So far India has not been informed officially about (the matter of) consular access to Jadhav. We have seen this only in media reports,” Government sources in New Delhi said.
Jadhav was arrested a few months ago by Pakistan, after authorities charged him with spying and conducting subversive activities in Balochistan province.
But India suspects that he was abducted by Pakistani intelligence agencies either from Iran where he was based or the high seas. Jadhav is believed to have owned a small ship which he used to carry cargo from Bandar Abbas and Chabahar ports in Iran and other adjoining areas to various locations. Pakistan had called him an Indian Navy officer, a claim debunked by India.
