Curious Case Of Kulbhushan Jadhav: Everything To Know About Former Indian Navy Officer Who's In A Pakistani Jail

Former Indian Naval officer Kulbhushan Jadhav, who was arrested last year in Pakistan on charges of spying, has been sentenced to death.

The death sentence comes month’s after Nawaz Sharif’s foreign advisor Sartaj Aziz said that there was not enough evidence against him.

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“The dossier on Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav contained mere statements. It did not have any conclusive evidence,” Aziz had told a full Senate chamber of Pakistan Parliament in December.

However, the case, since the beginning, was marred by flaws.

Here’s a quick lowdown on the case of Kulbhushan Jadhav:

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Kulbhushan Jadhav sought premature retirement from the Indian Navy few years ago.?

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Jadhav was reportedly arrested from Pakistan’s insurgency-hit province Balochistan after he entered from Iran in March 2016.

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Ever since his arrest, Jadhav has been denied consular access. India has issued at least six notes to Pakistan to get consular access to Jadhav, but all in vain.

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Instead of an open trial, Jadhav was tried in secret by military courts in Pakistan, set up to try terrorists.

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The Pakistan Army had even released a video in which Jadhav apparently “confesses” his involvement in terror activities in Balochistan. In the video, he says – “I am commander Kulbhushan Jadhav, a serving officer of the Indian Navy, from the cadre of engineering department in the Indian Navy.” He goes on to say that his cover name was Hussein Mubarak Patel, which he had taken for doing some intelligence gathering for Indian agencies. He said that he will be due for retirement in 2022.

The Indian Ministry of External Affairs issued a firm denial of the confessional video and also termed it as “doctored and fake.”?

However, India had acknowledged Jadhav as a retired Indian Navy Officer, but has denied that he was in any way connected to the government.?

Earlier this year, Aziz had ruled out any possibility of extraditing Jadhav back to India.?