Rishi Sunak raises case of detained Scots man Jagtar Singh Johal with Indian Prime Minister
dailyrecord.co.ukRishi Sunak has raised the case of detained Scots man Jagtar Singh Johal with the Indian Prime Minister at the G20 summit in New Delhi.
The UK Prime Minister confirmed he brought up Jagtar's case with Narendra Modi during a meeting, alongside a range of other consular issues.It comes after the Tory PM refused to commit to lobbying for Jagtar's release.
Jagtar, from Dumbarton, was detained in northern India when he was there for his wedding in 2017. The Sikh blogger was locked up and accused of being involved in a political murder plot.While an investigation by the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention found there was no legal basis for his imprisonment, the 36-year-old has remained in prison for six years and faces the death penalty.Jagtar claims he has been tortured with methods including electric shocks over his activism and campaigning for Sikh human rights.
Speaking to broadcasters at the G20 summit venue in New Delhi, Sunak confirmed he was able to raise Jagtar's case.He said: "Yes, I was able to, alongside a range of other consular issues that Prime Minister Modi and I discussed in the time that we had.
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