India wants Pak to give certificate on Jadhav’s health

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, April 27

India today asked Pakistan for a certificate on the health condition of Kulbhushan Jadhav, who has been awarded death sentence by a military court in Islamabad after it found him guilty of espionage.

Expressing concern over the wellbeing of Jadhav, the Ministry of External Affairs said since Jadhav had been in Pakistan’s custody for over a year now, India was anxious to know his wellbeing.

Only yesterday, India’s High Commissioner to Pakistan Gautam Bambawale met the Pakistan foreign secretary for the 16th time and sought consular access to Jadhav. “We have asked Pakistani government earlier also, and yesterday our High Commissioner (to Pakistan Gautam Bambawale) made a request on providing a report on his medical condition. So we await Pakistan’s response,” MEA spokesperson Gopal Baglay said today.

Baglay also said the government was yet to receive a copy of the charge sheet against Jadhav, and did not even know who had defended him in the military court that sentenced him the death sentence.

Denying consular access to Jadhav, Pakistan has consistently stuck to the line that the Indian national is a spy arrested by the Pakistan military from the restive Baluchistan area. India, while accepting the fact that Jadhav is indeed a former Indian Naval officer, has denied the charges of him being a spy.

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