No, Kulbhushan Jadhav is not related to Ajit Doval

A senior officer in Delhi said it was 'imaginative journalism' when asked about the reports allegedly emerging from Pakistan.

Contrary to reports in the Pakistan media, the fact is that the Research and Analysis Wing had never hired Kulbhushan Jadhav who is currently on a death row in Pakistam. Indian officials have also rubbished all reports that stated that Jadhav was related to India's National Security Advisor Ajit Doval.

The Pakistan media had gone overboard in saying that not only was Jadhav planted in Balochistan by Doval, but was also related to him. "Imaginative journalism," is what a senior officer in Delhi said when asked about these reports emerging from Pakistan.

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India has repeatedly said that Jadhav is a former naval officer-turned-businessman. The video confession that Pakistan put out is completely doctored, India also said. "Words had been inserted which included the name of Doval," officials who did the forensic analysis of the video said.

Jadhav, however, in the past had approached the R&AW desk in Pakistan-Afghanistan to offer his services. However, he was not seen as a reliable asset. He had offered his services in 2010 and 2012 and meetings to this effect had taken place. During a meeting in New Delhi, his services were rejected as he was not seen to be reliable.

A couple of years later when his dhow transport business Kaminda ran into financial trouble, he had once again approached the the agency. He was not hired at that time as well.

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