Pakistan has asked India to explain why one of its nationals, who went to India to watch a cricket match in 2005, was arrested and later died in an Indian prison, a Foreign Office spokesman said on Wednesday.
Khalid Mahmood, 30, died on February 12 but his family in Pakistan was only informed of his death on March 4, according to family members, who said he had been imprisoned as a spy and was tortured to death.
A Foreign Office spokesman said Indian authorities had not informed Pakistan about Mahmoods arrest until he died in what the spokesman said were mysterious circumstances.
“The death of Mr Khalid Mahmood in custody should be condemned in the strongest terms,” spokesman Mohammad Sadiq told a regular briefing.
“We approached … Indian authorities to give us a detailed report of the circumstances, the reasons for which he was arrested, the circumstances of his death,” he said.
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