ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan on Friday rejected as "absurd" an Indian charge that it mutilated the bodies of six Indian soldiers. A Pakistan military spokesman said the charge was a possible attempt to ruin a visit by Pakistan‘s foreign minister to New Delhi on Saturday to discuss ways to defuse the crisis in Kashmir."Pakistan rejected the absurd allegation made by an Indian military spokesman that the bodies of the six Indian soldiers returned by Pakistan were deliberately mutilated," Pakistan army spokesman Brigadier Rashid Qureshi said. "These allegations seem to be an afterthought with perhaps the objective of escalating tension and to further vitiate the atmosphere for a forthcoming visit to New Delhi by the Pakistan foreign minister to defuse the current serious situation," Qureshi said. Indian Defence Minister George Fernandes said on Friday that the bodies of the six soldiers returned earlier this week had been tortured and killed in a "barbaric" manner. Pakistan Foreign Minister Sartaj Aziz is due to fly to New Delhi on Saturday for talks on Kashmir where India launched air strikes on May 26 aimed at dislodging militant "infiltrators". Nuclear-capable Pakistan and India have fought two of their three wars since independence over the disputed Himalayan region.