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Man, 98, left to languish in Indian jail after no one paid £116 for his release

An elderly Indian holy man was left to languish in prison after no-one offered up a bail bond of £116 for his release.

Ram Surat, 98, was finally released from a jail in Ayodhya, India this week after being locked up for six years on charges of theft.

Mr Surat, who became a Hindu holy man (Sanyasi) during middle age, was abandoned by friends and family who either left his native village or died after he took his vows.

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