Bhushan Yadav

Kul Bhushan Yadav (also spelled Kulbhushan Yadav or Kulbushan Jadev aka Hussain Mubarak Patel He is believed to be a retired commander-ranked officer in Indian Navy. Yadev joined the Indian National Defence Academy in 1987 and was commissioned in the engineering branch in 1991.
Pakistan claimed that Yadav entered Pakistan illegally via Iran, and was involved in subversive activities in Balochistan and Karachi. However, Indian MEA said that though Yadav was an Indian Navy officer who retired prematurely, but he has no link with the government. The Indian High Commission has also sought consular access to Yadav.
According to Balochistan Home Minister Sarfraz Bugti, Kul Yadav Bhoshan, a commander-ranked officer in Indian Navy was working for RAW and was in contact with Baloch separatists and terrorists fueling sectarian violence in Pakistan and Balochistan.
According to Pakistan, Yadav dduring interrogation gave details about his funding and plans to destabilize Karachi and Balochistan. Yadav also told investigators about the presence of more operatives present in the southern metropolis. The Pakistan government claim to have recovered the travel documents and multiple fake identities on Yadav, establishing him as an Indian spy who entered into Balochistan through Iran — having a valid Iranian visa.
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According to Pakistani officials, Yadav entered Chahbahar, Iran with a visa stamped on a fake passport numbered L9630722, in 2003 where he got a new identity: Hussain Mubarak Patel, born in August 30, 1968, from Mahrashtra, India. From Iran he came to Balochistan. Officials claim that his job was to destabilize Pakistan by strengthening a separatist movement in Balochistan and Karachi - a mission which officially began in 2013. He also said that the masterminds of the Safoora Bus Attack, where gunmen shot dead 45 Ismaili passengers, were also in contact with Baloch.<ref name=":3" /> Yadav added that he had met Baloch several times, sometimes for planning sectarian violence in Karachi and the rest of Sindh.<ref name=":02" /><ref name=":3" />

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