Kulbhushan Jadhav, a former Indian naval officer arrested in Pakistan, will be hanged to death as he has been given…
Kulbhushan Jadhav (PHOTO: Youtube)
Kulbhushan Jadhav, a former Indian naval officer arrested in Pakistan, will be hanged to death as he has been given the death sentence by the Field General Court Martial (FGCM) on Monday. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said a Field General Court Martial awarded the capital punishment and Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa had confirmed the death sentence.
Here is a sequence of events that led to Kulbhushan Jadhav's fate thus far:
Jadhav was arrested on 3 March 2016 in Balochistan's Mashkel area after he entered from Iran. He was accused by Pakistan of creating unrest in Balochistan and Karachi.
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Jadhav was tried by FGCM under section 59 of the Pakistan Army Act (PAA) 1952 and Section 3 of the official Secret Act of 1923.
The Indian Government believed he was picked up from Iran. Despite repeated requests for consular access to Jadhav, Indian diplomats were not allowed to meet him.
India acknowledged Jadhav as a retired navy man, but denied that he was in any way connected to the government.
Jadhav's Indian passport was in the name of Hussein Mubarak Patel.
Islamabad alleged that Jadhav, who retired in 2013, was an active agent of India's Research and Analysis Wing (RAW).
In March 2016, Islamabad released a video footage of Jadhav and said he revealed how India engineers violence and separatism in the restive province of Balochistan.
Jadhav joined the Indian National Defence Academy in 1987 and was commissioned in the engineering branch of Indian Navy in 1991.
After 14 years of service, he launched intelligence operations in 2003 and established a small business in Iran, according to sources.
(With inputs from agencies)
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