Captain Amarinder writes to S Jaishankar for Centre's help in securing Punjab youth's release from Malaysian jail

Captain Amarinder writes to S Jaishankar for Centre's help in securing Punjab youth's release from Malaysian jail

Captain Amarinder Singh has written a letter to External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, seeking the Centre’s help for the release of a Punjabi youth from a Malaysian jail.

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Captain Amarinder writes to S Jaishankar for Centre's help in securing Punjab youth's release from Malaysian jail

New Delhi: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has written a letter to External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, seeking the Centre’s intervention for the release of a Punjabi youth from a Malaysian jail.

File image of Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh. ANI

The chief minister drew Jaishankar’s attention to the case of Harbans Singh, a resident of Gumti Kalan village in Bathinda district. Harbans had gone to Malaysia in August 2018 on a tourist visa, where he was taken into custody on grounds unknown to his family.

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“His (Harbans’) family has disclosed that he had gone to Malaysia in August 2018 on a tourist visa. However, the family is unaware as to on what grounds the Malaysian police has taken him in custody,” the letter read. A copy of the youth’s Aadhaar card, an abstract of the electoral roll and his photograph were enclosed with the letter as proof of his Indian citizenship.

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