An Indian man was on Sunday, May 21, arrested in Islamabad and has been booked under sections of Pakistani law dealing with absence of proper documentation on a foreign national travelling in the country.
The incident comes in the backdrop if the India-Pakistan clash at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over Kulbhushan Jadhav, who a Pakistani military court has sentenced to death on charges that he was spying in the country for India.
The Indian arrested on Sunday was reportedly held from the F-8 area of Islamabad, the capital city of Pakistan. He has been identified as one Sheikh Nabi, a resident of Mumbai. Nabi has been booked under Section 14 of the Foreigners Act. He may have even been presented in court, because Pakistani news outlets say he has been sent to judicial remand for 14 says.
It seems the first complaint against him was registered on Friday, May 19, as per the date written on the FIR against him.
#EXCLUSIVE: FIR against Indian national Sheikh Nabi by Islamabad Police pic.twitter.com/gnsn5tjUXP
— Republic (@republic) May 21, 2017
Meanwhile, there is already speculation on Twitter that Nabi, too, could go the Kulbhushan Jadhav way.
Indian arrested in Islamabad, booked for incomplete travel documents. Won't be surprised if Pak declare him RAW agent like Kulbhushan Jadhav
— Anshul Saxena (@AskAnshul) May 21, 2017
Jadhav, it may be remembered, was almost unilaterally awarded the death sentence by a Pakistani court on charges that he was spying for RAW in Pakistan. India has been denied consular access to him in contravention of the Vienna Convention. It was the ICJ which had to intervene and put a stay on his death sentence until its verdict came.
