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6,800 Indians behind bars in foreign jails, court told
Posted: Thu Oct 14 2010, 01:13 hrs
As many as 6,800 Indians are detained in foreign jails on various charges ranging from theft, ****, murder, illegal stay, forgery of visa, drug trafficking etc. This information was submitted by the Regional Passport Officer (RPO), Chandigarh, Vitul Kumar to the Punjab and Haryana High Court during the resumed hearing of a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by Justice Amar Dutt (Retd). The petitioner had alleged that over one lakh Indian immigrants, men and women, mostly from Punjab are behind bars in foreign lands.
6,800 Indians behind bars in foreign jails, court told