First Minister Humza Yousaf has urged the UK Government to ask for the immediate release of a Scots man imprisoned in India for more than five years. Jagtar Singh Johal, from Dumbarton, was locked up in Punjab, northern India, while he was there for his wedding in 2017 amid accusations he was involved in a political murder plot.
Yousaf has called for PM Rishi Sunak to take a "direct approach" to make progress in the case and said Jagtar had been wrongfully imprisoned. Jagtar's family say he was was arrested and bundled into an unmarked car and all strongly deny accusations against him.
He said he has been tortured, including through electric shocks, and faces the death penalty over his activism and campaigning for Sikh human rights. Yousaf met Gurpreet Singh Johal, the brother of Jagtar Singh Johal, earlier this month and vowed to keep lobbying for his release.
