NEW DELHI: Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday claimed that Pakistan ‘violated human rights’ of Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav’s family when they were in Pakistan recently on a meeting with Jadhav, as reported by Times of India. She said that Pakistan made Kulbhushan Jadhav’s wife and mother appear as “widows” to him by forcing them to take off their mangalsutra, bindi and bangles. This was done deliberately, alleged Swaraj, and was part of the “condemnable intimidation” by Pakistan of Jadhav’s wife and mother. The external affairs minister also said that Pakistan’s allegation that there was a chip or a camera in Jadhav’s wife Chetankul’s shoes was “an absurdity beyond measure”. The Foreign Office statement recalled that Jadhav’s mother “publicly thanked Pakistan for the humanitarian gesture” in front of the media, adding: “Nothing more needs to be said.”

Source: Pakistan Today December 28, 2017 06:45 UTC