Over 6,000 Indians are in jails of 71 countries: Govt

February 25, 2015 19:40

As many as 6,443 Indians are detained in jails in 71 countries for various offences and 74 missing defence personnel, including 54 prisoners of war, are believed to be in Pakistani jails since 1971, Lok Sabha was informed today.

While the maximum number of 1,534 Indians are detained in Saudi Arabia followed by 833 in UAE, as many as 352 of them are in Pakistan and 73 in Sri Lanka.

"6,443 Indian nationals are detained in jails in 71countries," External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said in awritten reply in Lok Sabha. "According to available information 74 missing defence personnel, including 54 prisoners of war are believed to be in Pakistani jails since 1971," she said.

The Minister said government has repeatedly taken up the matter with Pakistan government through diplomatic channels and during high-level contacts for securing the release Indian prisoners of war, but Pakistan does not acknowledge the presence of any Indian PoW in its custody.

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