For the first time since his detention in 2016, death-row convict Kulbhushan Jadhav on Monday met a top Indian diplomat after Pakistan granted consular access to him “in line with the ICJ judgement”. India’s Deputy High Commissioner in Islamabad Gaurav Ahluwalia met the retired Indian Navy officer at a sub-jail here, amid tensions between the two countries over Kashmir. Their meeting lasted for an hour, Geo TV reported, quoting sources. Before meeting Jadhav, the senior Indian diplomat met Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson Mohammad Faisal at the foreign ministry. Jadhav, 49, was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of “espionage and terrorism” in April 2017, following which India had moved the International Court of Justice (ICJ), seeking a stay on his death sentence and further remedies.
