Pakistan refuses India's request of providing consular to Kulbhushan Jadhav

New Delhi: Pakistan has refused to accept India's request seeking consular access to detained Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav, said sources from Ministry of External Affairs.

The initial reports said that the decision was taken alleging that the arrested Indian Navy officer's was involved in 'subversive activities' in Pakistan.

Earlier, the Pakistan government had quashed India’s request to extradite Kulbhushan Jadhav stating that the Indian naval official was reportedly arrested in Balochistan after he entered the country from Iran.

It could be recalled that the former Indian naval officer Kulbhushan Jadhav was was arrested in Pakistan in 2016 and has been sentenced to death over the charges of spying by a Pakistan court.

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Pakistan foreign affairs advisor Sartaj Aziz has blamed the Indian officer of being indulged in 'subversive and terrorist activities in Pakistan'.

Though, India has accepted that Jadhav is a retired Indian Navy officer, but has claimed that he is in no way connected to the government. “The said individual has no link with Government since his premature retirement from Indian Navy. We have sought consular access to him,” Indian ministry’s spokesman Vikas Swarup said.

The Pakistan army, however, maintains that Jadhav was directly handled by the RAW chief, the Indian National Security Adviser and the RAW joint secretary.

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