New Delhi: The death sentence to alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav pronounced by a miltary court in Pakistan comes just months after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s foreign affairs advisor Sartaj Aziz said there was not enough evidence against him.
Ever since his arrest, Jadhav has been denied consular access. Since March 2016, India had issued at least six note verbales to Pakistan to get consular access to Jadhav, but in vain.
Instead of an open trial, Jadhav was tried in secret by military courts in Pakistan which were set up to try terrorists.
Jadhav, 46, was arrested by Pakistan police in Balochistan in March this year. He is accused by Pakistan of creating unrest in Balochistan and Karachi. The Pakistan Army even released a video in which Jadhav purportedly "confesses" to his "involvement" in terror activities in Balochistan at his country's behest.
The video is so slick, it was called a 'well-produced' evidence.
While Pakistan claims Jadhav is a commander-rank officer with the Indian Navy, India has rejected the allegation and maintained that he retired from the Navy in 2002 and was now a businessman.
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