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0ur news correspondent, jamie mcivor, has the background. jagtar sinthohal is from dumbarton, near glasgow, and he has been held without conviction in india since 2017 on terror charges. he was arrested when he was in punjab for his wedding. his family claim he has been tortured and they also claim that he was made to sign a blank confession document. that is strongly denied by the indian authorities. here in scotland, mr sinthohal was an active blogger, highlighting the historic abuse of sikhs ...

A blank confession document. that is strongly denied by the indian authorities. here in scotland he was an active blogger, highlighting the historic abuse of sikhs in punjab. he is being detained in a series of prisons in india over the past six years or so, accused of funding the purchase of weapons used to assassinate a number of hindu, religious and political leaders. he denies the charges against him and claims his arrest was politically motivated. 0bviously his family are very worried about...

The first minister of scotland humza yousaf is urging the uk government to step up efforts to secure the release of a scottish blogger who�*s been jailed in india for six years. in a letter to rishi sunak, the first minister said jagtar sinthohal had been wrongfully imprisoned. mr sinthohal was in punjab for his wedding when he was arrested over an alleged murder conspiracy. let�*s cross to glasgow now and speak to our news correspondent jamie mcivor. remind us of the background to this. thi...

To rishi sunak, the first minister said jagtar sinthohal had been wrongfully imprisoned. mr sinthohal was in punjab for his wedding when he was arrested over an alleged murder conspiracy. 0ur new5 correspondent jamie mcivor has more on this. jagtar sinthohal is from dumbarton, near glasgow, and he has been held without conviction in india since 2017 on terror charges. his family claim he has been tortured, and they also claim that he was made to sign a blank confession document. that is strongly...