New Delhi: A military court in Pakistan has sentenced Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav to death for alleged involvement in "spying" and "subversive activities".
Indian R&AW agent #Kalbushan awarded death sentence through FGCM by Pakistan Army for espionage and sabotage activities against Pakistan. pic.twitter.com/ltRPbfO30V — Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor (@OfficialDGISPR) April 10, 2017
Sources in New Delhi said Jadhav was abducted and later shown as arrested in Balochistan. “The trial was not done in a proper way. Army courts in Pakistan are meant for terrorists and not Indian nationals. We will protest against this…" a source told CNN-News18.
Sources said Pakistan should have gone for open court hearing, instead of a “secret" Army trial. The haste indicates Islamabad is eager to destroy evidence. The decision comes months after Pakistan PM’s advisor Sartaj Aziz said there was no evidence against Jadhav.
India has acknowledged Jadhav as a retired Indian Navy officer, but denied that he was in any way connected to the government.
Earlier this year, Pakistan Foreign Affairs Advisor Sartaj Aziz had ruled out any possibility of extraditing Jadhav back to India.
Aziz told the Senate that Pakistan never said there was any lack of evidence against him. "We have filed an FIR and prepared a case to prosecute Indian state actor for his subversive and terrorist activities in Pakistan," he said.
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