India has made a fresh demand seeking consular access to five Indian nationals, including Kulbhushan Jadhav.
Islamabad (Pakistan Point News – 3rd April, 2019) India has made a fresh demand seeking consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav.
Jadhav’s case is currently pending in the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
India on Tuesday sent a diplomatic note to Pakistan, urging it to make necessary arrangements for an immediate release and repatriation of 10 Indian prisoners who had completed the prison sentence in Pakistani jails.
India has also made a fresh demand seeking consular access to five Indian nationals, including Kulbhushan Jadhav.
The Indian Ministry of External Affairs sent the note verbale to the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi in which India has conveyed its "deep concern" over the long pending release and repatriation of Indian prisoners held under Pakistan custody despite completion of sentence and nationality confirmation, Indian media reported.
Jadhav's name figured in the category of Indian 'civilian' prisoners in Pakistan's custody with long-pending requests for consular access. Kulbhushan Jadhav's name figures with four others - Mohammad Javaid, Abdul Hameed, Muhammad Ismail, Salfikar Ali.
Pakistani security agencies on March 24, 2016 apprehended an on-duty RAW agent from Balochistan. The suspect was said to be an officer of the Indian navy working for the covert agency to destabilize Pakistan. The operative had contacts with banned organizations and was working on plans to break Karachi and Balochistan away from Pakistan, and to sabotage the billion Dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project.
On March 25, a day after the arrest, the Indian Ministry of External Affairs said the Indian man arrested from Balochistan has no connection with the government, however, admitted that Kulbhushan Jadhav is a former officer of the Indian navy. Jadhav acquired premature retirement from the Indian navy and since then the government has nothing to do with him, Vikas Swarup, then spokesperson for the Ministry of External Affairs, had claimed.
On April 10, Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa had confirmed his death sentence awarded by Field General Court Martial (FGCM). The spy was tried under Pakistan Army Act (PAA) and awarded death sentence.
He confessed before a Magistrate and the Court that he was tasked by RAW to plan, coordinate and organize espionage/sabotage activities aiming to destabilize and wage war against Pakistan by impeding the efforts of Law Enforcement Agencies for restoring peace in Balochistan and Karachi.
