Question : INDIANS IN FOREIGN JAILS



(a) the number of Indians including migrant workers languishing in jails abroad and the punishment given to them by the respective countries during the last three years, year-wise, offence-wise, gender-wise and country-wise;

(b) the details of States to which these jailed persons belong to;

(c) the manner in which the Government helps Indians in jail abroad including measure to get them released at the earliest; and

(d) the number of Indian nationals who were executed in foreign countries during the last three years, year-wise and country-wise?

Answer given by the minister


MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS (SHRI S.M. KRISHNA)

(a) to (d) The information is being collected and would be laid on the table of the House.