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UK to raise with India concern over British Sikh held in Punjab jail
The Indian government maintains that "due process" is being followed in the case, which was last raised at a ministerial level during the UK visit of Indian minister of state for home Kiren Rijiju in January.
The UK government has said that it will raise concerns around the case of a British Sikh being held in a maximum-security jail in Punjab at “senior levels” in India. The case of Jagtar Singh Johal, a 30-year-old British Sikh from Dunbarton in Scotland who is currently being held in Nabha Central Jail on murder and conspiracy to murder charges, was raised as part of a debate in the UK Parliament’s Westminster Hall on Tuesday.