India wants Pakistan to guarantee safety of Jadhav’s wife, mother
NEW DELHI: India on Thursday said Kulbhushan Jadhav’s mother should be allowed to accompany his wife and sought sovereign guarantee from Islamabad to ensure their safety.
A Pakistani military court had sentence Jadhav, a former Indian naval officer, to death on charges of spying and both the countries are fighting this case in the International Court of Justice.
The external affairs ministry said Pakistan has also been asked not to subject the two women to any questioning, harassment or interrogation during their stay in Pakistan.
On November 10, Pakistan had said it will allow Jadhav to meet his wife, months after India requested it to grant visa to his mother on humanitarian grounds. HT had earlier reported that the government was not keen on sending his wife alone to Pakistan. MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar on Thursday said India has also asked Pakistan that a diplomat of the Indian High Commission in Islamabad should be allowed to accompany the two women at all times, including during the meeting with Jadhav.
The spokesperson asserted that the offer of the meeting does not absolve Pakistan of the violations of the Vienna Convention on consular access and not following the due process in treating Jadhav who faces death sentence through a “farcical process and on concocted charges”.
Hoping that Pakistan would facilitate visit by the wife and mother of Jadhav, Kumar said the government determined to “pursue all measures” with “full vigour” so as to secure the final release of an innocent Indian.