India pulls out all stops for 'spy' Kulbhushan Jadhav
October 27, 2016  08:27
India has issued not 1, or 2, but as many as 6 note verbales to the Pakistan foreign ministry for consular access to alleged India spy Kulbhushan Jadhav, top government sources have said. 

The revelation shatters the perception that the government has given up, or gone slow, on Jadhav who has been booked for terrorism by Pakistan authorities. 

A note verbale is an unsigned diplomatic communication which is less formal than a letter of protest but is used to forcefully remind the receiving nation of its diplomatic obligations.

Official sources said India will continue to seek consular access to Jadhav. While Pakistan claims that Jadhav is a commander-rank officer with Indian navy, India maintains that he retired from the navy in 2002 and had nothing to do with the Indian government when he was arrested allegedly from Balochistan.

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