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David Lynch

Starmer ‘has not forgotten’ about Briton detained in India for eight years

Jagtar Singh Johal, from Dumbarton, near Glasgow, was in Punjab for his wedding in 2017 when his family said he was arrested and bundled into an unmarked car (Family Handout/PA) -

Sir Keir Starmer has insisted he has not forgotten about a British citizen who has been locked up in an Indian jail for nearly eight years, as he visits the country on a trade mission.

The Prime Minister said the case of Jagtar Singh Johal, a Sikh activist from Dumbarton near Glasgow, was being raised on “every level”.

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