Jadhav meets wife, mom from behind glass screen
Ex-Navy man turns emotional as he talks to them via intercom
Convicted Indian national Kulbushan Jadhav’s wife and mother met him on Monday along with Pakistani and Indian diplomats here.
Jadhav and his family sat across divided by a glass barrier which the officials said was necessitated due to security threats.
The meeting was arranged at the foreign ministry and the “guests” were given VVIP protocol, which invited all-round criticism.
A contingent of media representatives covered every development despite the fact that they were not allowed to speak to the duo from India.
[An agency report in Mumbai quoted Jadhav’s friends, neighbours and well-wishers saying they were relieved to see the former Naval commander “looking fit and fine” during his interaction with his family adding that he appeared emotional as he talked to them.]
Dr Fareha Bugti attended the meeting for Pakistan while India’s Deputy High Commissioner J.P. Singh represented his country. They were, however, not allowed to sit close enough to listen to the family’s conversation. The two, wife Chetankul and mother Avanti, arrived at Benazir Bhutto International Airport via Emirates Airlines flight EK-612 in the morning and left the same day. All roads leading towards diplomatic enclave were closed and red zone area was sealed temporarily with barriers. 500 police officials were appointed for security.
A day before the muchhyped meeting, Foreign office spokesperson Dr Mohammed Faisal had said hanging Jadhav did not suit Pakistan as his existence would keep the case alive. The spokesperson said Pakistan was in no hurry to execute the alleged Indian spy as he still had his mercy appeal pending before the army chief Qamar Javed Bajwa.
New Delhi, Dec. 25: Bike-borne men snatched the mobile of Eenam Gambhir, the first Secretary in the Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations, police said on Monday. The incident occurred on Saturday when Gambhir had gone for a walk in Rohini with her mother, they added.
The accused snatched the phone from her on the pretext of asking for directions, the police said. Since it was evening, she could not note down the vehicle’s registration number, they said.
In her complaint, the diplomat said that the accused asked her for directions to Hanuman Mandir. When she started pointing towards the temple while holding her phone, they snatched the phone and fled, the police said. Gambhir stated that the iPhone had a USregistered SIM card and some important files related to her work.
In September, exercising India’s right to reply after Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi raked up the Kashmir issue at the UN General Assembly, Gambhir had made a strong rebuttal by calling Pakistan a “terroristan”.