A group of around 100 cross-party British parliamentarians have signed a letter to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, ahead of his planned visit to India to attend the G20 summit this weekend, to urge him to raise the issue of a Scottish Sikh man’s detention in the country during talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Jagtar Singh Johal, a 36-year-old British citizen from Dumbarton in Scotland, was arrested while in Punjab for his wedding in 2017 and is currently being held at a Delhi jail. Johal and his UK-based family have alleged that he was subjected to torture and mistreatment, allegations which the Indian authorities have denied and maintained that he was arrested on “serious charges” to face justice before the courts.
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