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Lucinda Cameron & Fahad Tariq

Humza Yousaf urges Prime Minister to assist as Dumbarton man facing death penalty in India

Scotland's First Minister has written to the Prime Minister urging him to ask the Indian government to release a Sikh blogger from Dumbarton who has been in jail there for more than five years.

Humza Yousaf said that Jagtar Singh Johal has been wrongfully imprisoned and urged Rishi Sunak to take a "direct approach" to make progress in the case.

Mr Singh Johal was in Punjab in northern India for his wedding in 2017 when his family say he was arrested and bundled into an unmarked car.

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