Jagtar Singh Johal has been detained since 2017.
An SNP MP will today call on the UK Government to urgently act on the imprisonment in India of Dumbarton man Jagtar Singh Johal.
READ MORE: Passenger stabbed at Hamilton station minutes after getting off train had never met attacker International human rights groups ‘Reprieve and Redress’ have called on the UK government to intervene urgently in the case, citing concerns that Jagtar faces trumped-up political charges carrying the death penalty.
“The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has made clear that Jagtar’s detention ‘lacks legal basis’ and that he has been ‘subjected to torture’.
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