RAWALPINDI: Indian RAW agent Kulbushan Yadav has been awarded a death sentence for spying and carrying out harmful activities in Pakistan.
According to press release issued by ISPR Director General Major General Asif Ghafor, Indian RAW Agent-1 Naval officer 415582 Commander Kulbushan Sudhir Jadhav – alias Hussein Mubarak Patel – was arrested on March 3, 2016 through a counter intelligence operation from Mashkel area of Balochistan.
The spy has been tried through Field General Court Martial (FGCM) under Pakistan Army Act (PAA) and awarded death sentence. Chief of Army Staff General (COAS) Qamar Javed Bajwa has confirmed his death sentence awarded by FGCM On Monday.
FGCM found Kulbushan guilty of all the charges. He confessed before a magistrate and the court that he was tasked by RAW to plan, coordinate and organise harmful activities, aiming to destabilise and wage war against Pakistan by impeding the efforts of law enforcement agencies for restoring peace in Balochistan and Karachi.
The accused was provided with defending officer as per legal provisions.
