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Jagtar Singh Johal

Commons · Question 45890 · Tabled 17 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 29 Apr 2025

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Asked by Alicia Kearns

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his Indian counterpart on Jagtar Singh Johal’s continuing detention following his acquittal 4 March 2025.

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Answered by Catherine West, 29 Apr 2025

The Foreign Secretary has raised Mr Johal's case with his Indian counterpart on several occasions, most recently on 5 March immediately following the acquittal in one of the cases faced by Mr Johal. We continue to make clear to the Government of India tha...