Indian digital media outlet, The Quint, retracted on Saturday a story published earlier stating that convicted Indian spy in Pakistan, Kulbhushan Jadhav, was indeed a RAW agent. 

A screenshot of the story's page

"The story on Kulbhushan Jadhav has been retracted. The Quint is rechecking some of the information mentioned in the article" ? this is the message that greets viewers when they click on the link of the story, originally titled: Two Ex-RAW Chiefs Did Not Want Kulbhushan Jadhav Recruited As Spy.

Pakistan Foreign Office Spokesperson Dr Mohammad Faisal, in a re-tweet of his personal account on Saturday, stated that: "Update as reported: Journalist Chandan Nandy who filed the story is "missing/gone in hiding", was last spotted at Khan Market Delhi and since then has been untraceable for Family and friends. Freedom of press ?"

In an earlier similar re-tweet, he shared a screenshot of the story when it was posted and wrote: "Quint takes down its story. Truth is stranger than fiction."

Nandy is the opinion editor of The Quint, and shared a message on Twitter 17 hours ago when the story was originally published.