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UK to raise concern at senior levels over British Sikh held in Indian 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 said on Tuesday that it will raise concerns at “senior levels” in India around the case of a British Sikh being held in a maximum-security jail in Punjab.
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.