Pakistani court sentences accused Indian spy to death


  • World
  • Monday, 10 Apr 2017

ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A Pakistani military court on Monday sentenced an Indian accused of espionage to death, ratcheting up longstanding tensions between the nuclear-armed states.

Pakistani authorities say Kulbushan Sudhir Jadhav, a naval officer, was arrested in March 2016 in the turbulent province of Baluchistan, which has seen a long-running conflict between Pakistani security forces and a militant separatist movement.

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