Question : INDIANS IN FOREIGN JAILS



(a) the existing framework under which the Indian citizens imprisoned abroad are brought back to the country;

(b) whether bilateral agreements have been signed/finalised and/or are proposed so that the Indian citizens imprisoned abroad are brought back and lodged in jails in India for the remaining period of sentence;

(c) if so, the details thereof;

(d) whether complaints/reports have been received from Indians, imprisoned in foreign jails, regarding ill-treatment meted out to them; and

(e) if so, the details of such complaints received during the last one year along with the response of the Government thereto?

Answer given by the minister


MINISTER OF OVERSEAS INDIAN AFFAIRS (SHRI VAYALAR RAVI)

(a) to (e): The information is being collected and will be laid on the Table of the House.