Indian media claim on Jadhav captured in Iran termed baseless

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ISLAMABAD: Defence analyst Lieutenant General (retired) Amjad Shoaib, on Wednesday, slammed the Indian media’s claims about the ex-serviceman stating that RAW agent Kulbhushan Jadhav was arrested from Iran.

In an article published on the India Today website, the publication claimed that “an ex-ISI official has admitted that Kulbhushan Jadhav was captured in Iran.”

Puncturing Pakistan's claim that it arrested Kulbhushan Jadhav on its own soil, Amjad Shoaib — an ex-ISI official and a retired Lieutenant General — has admitted that the ex-Indian Navy officer [Jadhav] was captured in Iran, India Today said in its article published on May 24.

Rubbishing the Indian media’s assertions, Lt Gen Shoaib said on Geo News: “The video [circulated on the Indian media] is doctored. I have countless recorded interviews with many television channels including Geo News, where I have clearly said that Jadhav was operating from [Iranian port city of] Chabahar but was apprehended in Balochistan.”

“The outlet should have checked with me,” he said, adding that, “India Today did not contact me in this regard.”

The former general, while talking to Geo News, disclosed that the word “operated” from his recorded interview was snipped out from the video that was being circulated in the Indian media.

“They [Indian army] do such disgraceful things and don’t understand that these tactics won’t help them,” he said, adding that the unedited versions of his interviews with the Pakistani media are readily available on the internet.

Lt Gen (retd) Shoaib also recollected an incident where a recorded video of his with a statement on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor was doctored by the Indian media.