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George Thompson

Case of Briton detained for eight years raised with Indian leader – PM

Jagtar Singh Johal has been held in an Indian jail for eight years (Family handout) -

The case of a British citizen who has been locked in an Indian jail for eight years has been raised with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Sir Keir Starmer has said.

The Prime Minister discussed the imprisonment of Jagtar Singh Johal, a British Sikh activist from Dumbarton near Glasgow, with his Indian counterpart when the pair met on Thursday.

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