A CHARITY has appealed to Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to secure the immediate release of a Scottish Sikh who has been held in India without trial for more than three years. Glasgow-born Jagtar Singh Johal, 33, was arrested on November 4 2017 after travelling to the Punjab for his wedding, with local media linking his detention to the killing of Hindu leaders in the area. It has been reported that human rights group Reprieve has written to Mr Raab over concerns that some of the charges against the Dumbarton man carry the death penalty. “Reprieve is concerned that the risk of Jagtar being sentenced to death and executed is high given the politicised nature of this case,” the Times quoted Reprieve’s statement as saying.
A charity has appealed to Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to secure the immediate release of a Scottish Sikh who has been held in India without trial for more than three years. Jagtar Singh Johal, 33, was arrested on November 4 2017 after travelling to the Punjab for his wedding, with local media linking his detention to the killing of Hindu leaders in the area. The Times and the BBC report that human rights group Reprieve has written to Mr Raab over concerns that some of the charges against the Dumbarton man carry the death penalty. “Reprieve is concerned that the risk of Jagtar being sentenced to death and executed is high given the politicised nature of this case,” the Times quoted Reprieve’s statement as saying.
Scot held in Indian jail without trial for three years tortured to sign blank confession
Jagtar Singh Johal was arrested on November 4, 2017 after travelling to the Punjab for his wedding.
Jagtar Singh Johal has previously claimed he has been tortured with electric shocks by Indian police (Image: Lennox Herald)
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The sixth meeting of the India-Nepal Joint Commission, co-chaired by Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and his Nepalese counterpart Pradeep Kumar Gyawali, was held on 15 January 2021 in New Delhi. As the Nepalese delegation, comprising the Foreign Minister, Foreign Secretary Bharat Raj Paudyal and other senior officials visited India, the world kept a keen eye on the probable developments, after the cold demeanour of the recent past over the border row.
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