'Tried back channel persuasion for Jadhav's release'

India had hoped it might be able to persuade Pakistan through "back channel" to release retired Indian Navy officer Kulbhushan Jadhav, who was sentenced to death by a Pakistan military court on charges of "espionage and terrorism" in 2017, senior advocate Harish Salve has said. "I think we have reached a point where we have to now decide whether we want to go back to ICJ for consequential directions."