India has never sent a Pakistani spy to the gallows

What is ironic is that Jadhav was not brought before a civil court for trial. Indian officials say that this is to do with the fact that they were unable to produce enough evidence against him.

India termed the Kulbhushan Jadhav incident as a new low by Pakistan. Jadhav accused by Pakistan of being an Indian spy was sentenced to death by Pakistan on Monday. While India has raised strong objection to this incident, it also says that no spy from Pakistan has ever been sentenced to death in India.

Between 2013 and 2016, India has arrested at least 46 Pakistan spies. None of them have been given a death penalty. Even in incidents prior to 2013, no Pakistan spy has been awarded a death penalty, Indian officials say.

In the past four years 52 men connected to the ISI were arrested by India. In 2013, 13 agents were arrested while in 2014, the number was at 9. In 2015 and 2016 then number stood at 20 and 10.

While India maintains that no spy from Pakistan has ever been sentenced to death, that could not be said in the case of the neighbour. In 1999, Pakistan executed Sheikh Shamim on charges of spying. Sarabjit Singh was also sentenced to death. However he was killed by inmates in jail after being on the death row for nearly 16 years.

What is ironic is that Jadhav was not brought before a civil court for trial. Indian officials say that this is to do with the fact that they were unable to produce enough evidence against him. In fact Pakistan appeared to be in a hurry and hence tried him before a military court. In the past all Indians arrested in Pakistan on charges of spying were brought before a civil court, but in the case of Jadhav that norm was broken.

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