India has lodged protest against the 'harassment' of its High Commission's staff in Islamabad (Representative image)

Islamabad: In a fresh incident straining the ties between the neighbouring countries, India has raised a complaint against Pakistani intelligence agencies of threatening two members of its High Commission in Islamabad last week, according to reports. This comes days after a woman in Delhi filed a complaint against a staff member of Pakistan High Commission for allegedly touching her inappropriately at a market.

According to the Indian Express, the Indian High Commission in Islamabad is learnt to have sent a “note verbale” to Pakistan’s Foreign Office regarding the incident that took place in the country’s capital city. The note mentioned that two staffers of the Indian High Commission were “intercepted” and “threatened” by Pakistani agency personnel at the premises of high-security diplomatic enclave in Islamabad on January 15, the report said quoting sources.

Detailing the incident, the note verbale said, “On January 15, at 10 am, while going from the High Commission to the World Mart market in Diplomatic Enclave, two of the staff members of this mission, were intercepted by Pakistani agency personnel and questioned them about the alleged incident with a Pakistan High Commission official in India in January and why that happened. Further, they threatened mission officials that they would reciprocate in the same way.”

It urged Pakistan’s foreign ministry to investigate the matter to prevent the occurrence of such an incident in the future. It also requested the ministry to share the results of the investigation with the High Commission. The note also highlighted that such incidents pertaining to harassment of family members of diplomats are in violation of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic relations of 1961.

Earlier this month, a staffer of the Pakistan High Commission was accused of allegedly touching a woman inappropriately at a popular market in south Delhi, following which he was taken to the Sarojini Nagar police station on January 13. He was later let off after he "apologised", as per a senior police officer.

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