TIL Desk/World/Islamabad/ Pakistan Army’s Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) in a press release dated April 10 informed that Kulbhushan Jadhav, the so called ‘RAW’ agent, had been awarded the death sentence by a military court in Pakistan.
As per the press release, Jadhav was tried by the Field General Court Martial under the Pakistan Army Act, and awarded the death sentence after he supposedly confessed before the court that he has been tasked by India’s intelligence agency, RAW, to plan, coordinate and organise espionage and sabotage activities aiming to destabilize and wage a war against Pakistan.
This death sentence has been confirmed by Pakistani Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa. As per the ISPR, Kulbhushan Jadhav, a retired Indian Navy officer, was arrested from Balochistan on March 3, 2016 for involvement in espionage and sabotage activities in Pakistan.
However, this claim has been challenged not only by India, but also by other countries. In fact, German Ambassador to Pakistan Dr Gunter Mulack, while speaking at the Pakistan Institute of International Affairs within a month of Jadhav’s arrest, informed the gathering that the Indian had been actually caught by the Taliban in Iran and sold to Pakistani intelligence.
