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Jadhav is just a means to achieving Pak's bigger game plan: Rajiv Dogra

In a Q&A, ex consul-general to Karachi says Pakistan wants to prove India is equally a terror state

Rajiv Dogra, former consul-general to Karachi
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Rajiv Dogra, former consul-general to Karachi

Veenu Sandhu New Delhi
Former Indian Navy officer Kulbhushan Jadhav, who was arrested on charges of espionage in March last year, was awarded a death sentence by Pakistan after a “secret trial”. While Pakistan insists that the sentence is based on “credible” and “specific” evidence, India has condemned the death penalty as an act of "pre-meditated murder" by Pakistan and warned of serious consequences. Rajiv Dogra, former Indian consul-general to Karachi, speaks with Veenu Sandhu about the case. Edited excerpts:
 
India has termed Jadhav’s trial as “farcical". What are you views?
I would maintain that there was no trial at all. People think it was a trial conducted under