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PAKISTAN: INDIAN AGENT KULBHUSHAN YADAV AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE
April 10, 2017: An Indian spy agent Kulbhushan Yadav has been awarded death sentence through the Field Court Martial General (FCGM) under the Pakistan Army Act (PAA) for espionage and sabotage activities against Pakistan, the ISPR stated.
Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa has confirmed death sentence.
According to an ISPR statement, Kulbushan Sudhir Jadhav alias Hussein Mubarak Patel was arrested on March 3, 2016, through a Counter-Intelligence Operation from Mashkel area of Balochistan for his involvement in espionage and sabotage actives in Pakistan.
The agent, arrested from Balochistan, in a video confession had admitted for being involved in anti-Pakistan activities.
"The spy has been tried through Field General Court martial (FGCM) under Pakistan Army Act (PAA) and awarded death sentence. Today COAS, General Qamar Javed Bajwa has confirmed death sentence awarded by FGCM.
"RAW agent Commander Kulbushan Sundir Jadhav was tired under GGCM under section 59 of Pakistan Army Act (PAA) 1952 and Section 3 of official Secret Act of 1923.
"The FGCM found Yadhav guilty of all charges. He confessed before a Magistrate and the Court that he was tasked by RAQ to plan, coordinate and organise espionage/sabotage activities aiming to destablise and wage war against Pakistan by impeding the efforts of Law Enforcement Agencies for restoring peace in Balochistan and Karachi," said the press release.
The accused was provided with a defence counsel as per legal provisions, the ISPR added. (Sources: thenews.com.pk, 10/04/2017)
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