Pak sends shoes of Kulbhushan Jadhav’s wife for forensic test: Metallic object found
Pak sends shoes of Jadhav's wife for forensic test: Metallic object found.
Pakistani authorities had sent the shoes worn by Kulbhushan Jadhav's wife for forensic examination to determine the presence of a foreign object, a media report said Wednesday.
After the reports were out, a metallic object was found in her shoes. The authorities were confirming whether the “metallic object” in the shoes was a camera or a recording chip, Pakistan Today quoted Foreign Office (FO) spokesperson Mohammad Faisal as saying.
While another report said, a “metallic substance” had been detected in the shoes of Jadhav’s wife that were retained by security officials prior to the meeting with the Indian death row prisoner at the Foreign Office in Islamabad.
In the statement, Pakistan rejected as baseless India’s contentions that Jadhav’s wife and mother were harassed and claimed that his wife’s shoes were confiscated on security grounds.
“There was something in the shoe. It is being investigated. We gave her a pair of replacement shoes. All her jewellery etc were returned after the meeting,” Faisal said.
India’s external affairs ministry said in a statement Tuesday that Pakistan went so far as to have the mangal sutra, bangles and bindi of Jadhav's wife and mother removed before they could meet him.
“The Indian baseless allegations and twists, that come 24 hrs later, about the visit of the wife and mother of Commander Jadhav, a convicted terrorist and spy, who has confessed to his crimes, are categorically rejected,” a statement said.
-PTC News
