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Jagtar Singh Johal: Nicola Sturgeon meets jailed Dumbarton man’s family

The First Minister has met with the family of a Scottish man facing the death penalty in India and offered the Scottish Government’s support.

Jagtar Singh Johal, from Dumbarton, was “kidnapped” by Indian authorities and bundled into an unmarked vehicle just days after his wedding in 2017.

Johal, known as Jaggi, is still in jail pending trial and facing a potential death sentence under India’s anti-terror laws. Read the full story in The National.