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Indian diplomat meets Kulbhushan after Pak grants consular access: Report

In New Delhi, official sources said Charge d' Affaires at the Indian High Commission in Islamabad, Gaurav Ahluwalia, will meet Kulbhushan Jadhav

Kulbhushan Jadhav
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File photo of former Indian naval officer Kulbhushan Jadhav who has been sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of 'espionage'. Photo: PTI

Press Trust of India Islamabad
India's Deputy High Commissioner in Islamabad Gaurav Ahluwalia on Monday met death-row convict Kulbhushan Jadhav after Pakistan granted consular access to him "in line with the ICJ judgement".

The meeting between Ahluwalia and the retired Indian Navy officer is currently underway at a sub-jail after 
Pakistan formally granted the consular access to him, the Dawn News reported.

Before meeting Jadhav, the senior Indian diplomat met Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson Mohammad Faisal at the foreign ministry.

The meeting between Ahluwalia and Jadhav came a month after a similar interaction between Indian officials and the Indian prisoner failed to materialise amid differences between

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