Here's a look at the life of Kulbhushan Jadhav.
Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav's death sentence by a Pakistan military court has sparked a diplomatic spat between the two countries, that has now reached the International Court of Justice.
The 46-year-old Jadhav's family reportedly hails from Sangli in Maharashtra. He is said to have spent his early days in Parel in Mumbai and used to stay in the police quarters with his family. Jadhav's father Sudhir is a former assistant commissioner of police. Jadhav is married and has two children.
Jadhav studied at King George School and then attended Ruia College in Mumbai. He later joined the National Defence Academy at Khadakvasla in Pune. He took an early retirement from the Indian Navy.
Jadhav was arrested on March 3, 2016 by Pakistan on charges of terrorism and sabotage. Pakistan claims to have arrested Jadhav from its restive Balochistan province. There has been a long-running conflict in Balochistan between Pakistani security forces and a militant separatist movement.
According to Islamabad, Jadhav confessed to being tasked by India's intelligence service RAW, with planning, coordinating and organising espionage and sabotage activities in Balochistan "aiming to destabilise and wage war against Pakistan".
On April 10 this year, the Pakistan military court awarded the death sentence to the former Indian naval officer.
However, India has asserted that though Jadhav is an Indian national, he has no connection with the government after retiring from the Indian Navy. India has stated that Jadhav was kidnapped from Iran where he was involved in business activities.
Jadhav was reportedly engaged in a legitimate business of operating ferries from the Iranian port town of Bandar Abbas after taking premature retirement from the Indian Navy.
After the Pakistan military court sentenced Jadhav to death, India dragged Pakistan to the International Court of Justice on May 8 for violating the Vienna Convention. In its appeal to the ICJ, India said that they were denied consular access to Jadhav 16 times. New Delhi expressed fear that Islamabad might execute the formal Naval officer even before the hearing of the ICJ was over. On May 9, the highest court in the UN gave Jadhav a lease of life. On May 18, the ICJ provisionally stayed Jadhav's death sentence by Pakistani military court. The ICJ instructed Pakistan to take all "necessary measures at its disposal" to ensure that Jadhav was not executed pending a final decision by it.
Jadhav is the latest flashpoint in the tensions between Pakistan and India. It will be a big success for India and a setback for Pakistan if the death sentence of Jadhav is suspended by the ICJ.
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