ISLAMABAD, April 16: Pakistan has strongly condemned the abduction, illegal detention and torture of a Pakistani High Commission official in New Delhi by Indian authorities on Tuesday morning.

A press release issued by the foreign office said at around 11:30 hours on Tuesday, an official of the Pakistan High Commission, Mr Ali Abbas, was abducted by at least 12 Indian intelligence operatives.

Mr Ali Abbas, the foreign office said, was severely beaten and taken to an undisclosed location where he was subjected to severe torture, including electric shocks.

As a result of the torture inflicted on Mr Ali Abbas, he has been passing blood in his urine, the foreign office said.

The foreign office said Pakistan had lodged a strong protest with the Indian government over the “cowardly, despicable and provocative action” by the Indian intelligence operatives.

“The Indian government has been told that there is a limit to the restraint so far shown by the government of Pakistan in the face of repeated acts of violence against officials of the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi.”

The attacks are in flagrant violation of the Vienna Convention of 1961 on diplomatic relations as well as the bilateral code of conduct signed between the two countries in August, 1992, the foreign office said.