New Delhi, Jan 4: India on Thursday said that new video of Kulbhushan Jadhav released by Pakistani authorities does not carry any credibility and Pakistan is continuing its practice of putting out coerced statements on video. Ministry of External Affairs said Pakistan should abide by the United Nations regulations and allow Indian authorities to have consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav, a retired Indian navy official, sentenced to death by a military court in Pakistan.
“This does not come as a surprise. Pakistan is simply continuing its practice of putting out coerced statements on video. It is time for them to realize that such propagandistic exercises simply carry no credibility. Absurdity of a captive under duress certifying his own welfare while mouthing allegations of his captors clearly merits no comment,” Ministry said.
“Pakistan best advised to fulfil its international obligations, whether it pertains to consular relations or UNSC resolutions 1267 and 1373 on terrorism and to desist from continuing violations of human rights of an Indian national,” the ministry added.
Earlier, Pakistan released a doctored video of Kulbhushan Jadhav in which he alleged that an Indian diplomat was shouting his mother and wife during a meeting in Islamabad.
“I have something very important to say here to the Indian people, the government and the Indian navy: I am a commissioned officer in the Indian Navy — my commission is not over,” said Jadhav in the video, adding that his family “was threatened”. “I saw fear in the eyes of my mother and wife — why should there be fear? What all has happened has happened.”
“My mother was very happy to see me in healthy condition,” Jadhav says in the video which appears to be heavily edited. Jadhav, who appeared to be reading a script, added that his mother was humiliated on flight to Islamabad by the Indian official who was accompanying her.