Type: Parliament Questions and Answers

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether S/Sh. Gurmeet Singh S/o Master Hardial Singh, R/o Possi, district Hoshiarpur and Harpreet Singh S/o Sohan Singh, R/o Karnana, district Nawanshar, Doaba, Punjab, are in Kot Lakhpat Jail, Mental Ward and have completed their sentence; and
(b) if so, the steps Government is taking to bring them back to India and by when?

ANSWER THE MINISTER OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS (SHRI S.M. KRISHNA)

(a) In the list of Indian prisoners in Pakistan jails, provided by the Government of Pakistan on July 1, 2010, these names are not mentioned. However, as per our records one Gurmeet Singh s/o Sohan Singh and Harpreet Singh s/o Sukhdayal Singh, r/o Distt-Hoshiarpur, Punjab are believed to be in Pakistani jails as intimated by their relatives in 2006 & 2007.

(b) On the basis of intimation from their relatives in India, our High Commission in Islamabad has approached the concerned authorities in Pakistan to verify and confirm the presence of these two Indian nationals in Pakistani jails.

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