LAHORE: Convicted Indian spy Kulbhusan Jadhav on Thursday said he “saw fear” in the ey
es of his mother and wife when he met them in Islamabad on December 25, 2017, adding that an Indian d
iplomat accompanying them was “yelling at them”.
In a video message, Jadhav said: “The Indian person or d
iplomat accompanying my mother and wife started yelling at them as soon as they stepped out of the meeting.”
“I saw fear in the ey
es of my mother and my wife. Why should they be fear [sic]? Whatever has happened has happened. There shouldn’t be fear in the ey
es of my mother and my wife. They’ve been threatened. The Indian d
iplomat or the Indian person who had come along with my mother was shouting on [sic] my mother the moment she stepped out [of the meeting room]… (inaudible) was yelling at her. Has she been brought under threat here, to meet me? This gesture was a positive gesture so that she feels
happy, I feel
happy… and then the Indian d
iplomat or person standing outside [is] yelling at her?”
“I have something very important to say here to the Indian people, the government and the Indian navy: I am a commissioned officer in the Indian Navy — my commission is not over,” said Jadhav in the video, adding that his family “was threatened”. “I saw fear in the ey
es of my mother and wife — why should there be fear? What all has happened has happened.”
“This gesture was a positive one so that she feels
happy, I feel
happy — and then there’s this person standing outside and yelling at her?”
He assured viewers that he had “not been subjected to any sort
of torture in Pakistan”.
In the video, Jadhav said that his mother was “very
happy” to see him “in a good state”.
“She said, ‘I̵
7;m feeling very relaxed after seeing you’.”
“We, India and Pakistan, are supposed to end our enmity and subsequently, further our relationship.”