India Yet to Receive Copy of Judgement on Kulbhushan Jadhav

Indian High Commissioner met Pakistan Foreign Secretary with a request for consular access, but was turned down.

Kulbhushan Jadhav, who Islamabad claims is an Indian spy, was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court for espionage. (Photo: The Quint)

India is yet to receive copies of the Pakistani chargesheet against alleged spy Kulbhushan Jadhav and the copy of the judgement sentencing him to death, informed sources said on Sunday.

We are yet to receive the chargesheet and the copy of the judgement on Jadhav’s sentence.

Source, Ministry of External Affairs

Indian High Commissioner Gautam Bambawale met Pakistan Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua in Islamabad with a request for consular access to Jadhav and also sought a copy of the chargesheet against him. However, the request for meeting Jadhav was turned down.

India said it has sought consular access to Jadhav 13 times earlier, but the permission was refused each time.

Jadhav, sentenced to death by Pakistan's military court on 10 April, faced seven charges, including sponsoring IED attacks on important installations and attacks on Shias in Pakistan – according to the list read out by the country's foreign policy chief Sartaj Aziz on Friday.

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