 "Comatose Sarabjit responding to stimuli, says MEA")
Indian national in death row Sarabjit Singh has gone into coma; however, he is responding to some stimuli at times, ministry of external affairs said in a statement. The ministry also said so far several tests have been done to ascertain his condition.
Singh was admitted in Jinnah Hospital in Lahore yesterday following a brutal attack on him by jail inmates. Doctors are carrying out trauma control at present and are not going for anymore tests until his condition stabilises, the MEA said here on Saturday.
Singh’s case has turned out to be a classic case how the government treats its national who get detained in foreign countries.
According to Ahamed, there are at present 6,569 Indians jailed abroad on charges of rape, illegal entry, drug trafficking, fake passport, robbery and others. Indian missions and posts abroad have consular and community welfare Wings with designated officers to attend to the welfare issues of distressed Indian nationals, including those detained in foreign jails.
India has signed the Agreement on Transfer of Sentenced Persons with 18 countries so far, including UK, Mauritius, Bulgaria, France, Egypt, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Bangladesh, Israel, UAE, Italy, Turkey, Maldives and Thailand, and where possible, under these Agreements, Indian prisoners have been brought back to India to complete the remaining sentences in Indian Jails.
1,691 Fake Iqamas, immoral relationships, traffic Accident, sale of liquor, drug trafficking Seychelles 1 Drug trafficking Singapore 156 Murder, illegal entry, robbery, theft, drug offences South Africa, Lesotho 15 Drug trafficking, illegal entry, theft Sri Lanka 63 Drug trafficking, robbery, violation of local immigration law, murder, Sweden, Latvia 1 Murder Tanzania 1 Information not available Thailand 56 Drug trafficking, fraud, fake passport and visa, illegal entry, murder Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda 2 Cheating, murder UAE 1,012 Information not available Vietnam 1 Drug trafficking Yemen 1 Information not available Zimbabwe 4 Information not available
Singh was admitted in Jinnah Hospital in Lahore yesterday following a brutal attack on him by jail inmates. Doctors are carrying out trauma control at present and are not going for anymore tests until his condition stabilises, the MEA said here on Saturday.
Singh’s case has turned out to be a classic case how the government treats its national who get detained in foreign countries.
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Last week, minister of state for external affairs E Ahamed told Rajya Sabha the government makes “all possible efforts” to provide assistance to Indians imprisoned in foreign jails. Despite this, several Indians keep languishing in foreign jails across the world.
According to Ahamed, there are at present 6,569 Indians jailed abroad on charges of rape, illegal entry, drug trafficking, fake passport, robbery and others. Indian missions and posts abroad have consular and community welfare Wings with designated officers to attend to the welfare issues of distressed Indian nationals, including those detained in foreign jails.
India has signed the Agreement on Transfer of Sentenced Persons with 18 countries so far, including UK, Mauritius, Bulgaria, France, Egypt, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Bangladesh, Israel, UAE, Italy, Turkey, Maldives and Thailand, and where possible, under these Agreements, Indian prisoners have been brought back to India to complete the remaining sentences in Indian Jails.
| Number of Indian nationals in foreign jails | ||
| Country | No of inmates | Offences/ Allegation |
| Afghanistan | 28 | Fake Afghan visa, carrying illegal alcohol, indulging in prostitution etc. |
| Angola | 1 | Information not available |
| Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay | 2 | Information not available |
| Armenia, Georgia | 5 | Fraud, cheating, illegal entry/stay etc. |
| Australia | 18 | Holding forged driving licenses, cultivating large commercial quantity of cannabis |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | Murder |
| Bahrain | 62 | Information not available |
| Belarus | 25 | Human Trafficking and illegal entry/ stay etc. |
| Bangladesh | 167 | Drug trafficking, illiegal entry, holding illegal and forged passport etc. |
| Belgium, Luxembourg | 45 | Information not available |
| Bhutan | 59 | Information not available |
| Brunei | 2 | Information not available |
| Cambodia | 1 | Drug trafficking |
| Canada | 19 | Information not available |
| China | 157 | Drug trafficking, human trafficking, illegal entry/ stay, robbery, forgery etc |
| Cuba, Dominican Republic | 1 | Drug trafficking |
| Cyprus | 2 | Forgery, theft |
| Egypt | 2 | Drug trafficking |
| Ethiopia, Djibouti | 2 | Information not available |
| Fiji, Tonga, Tuvalu & Cook islands | 2 | Human and drug trafficking |
| Finland, Estonia | 1 | Information not available |
| France, Monaco | 25 | Information not available |
| Germany | 3 | Rape, illegal stay |
| Ghana, Burkino Faso, Togo, Niger | 1 | Embezzlement of funds |
| Greece | 20 | Information not available |
| Indonesia, Timor Leste, East Timor | 2 | Violation of local health regulations |
| Iran | 6 | Illegal entry, Drug trafficking |
| Iraq | 6 | Information not available |
| Ireland | 2 | Rape |
| Italy, San Marino | 121 | Overstay, murder, etc. |
| Japan | 3 | Drug trafficking, robbery, murder. |
| Jordan | 38 | Information not available |
| Korea (Republic of) | 1 | Information not available |
| Kuwait | 1,161 | Rape, robbery, drug trafficking, murder |
| Lebanon | 9 | Information not available |
| Madagascar, Comoros | 1 | Unauthorized trading of gold |
| Malaysia | 187 | Drug trafficking, Kidnapping, illegal entry |
| Mauritius | 9 | Information not available |
| Myanmar | 20 | Drug trafficking, illegal entry |
| Nepal | 377 | Kidnapping,illegal arms, theft, illegal drugs |
| New Zealand, Samoa, Nauru, Kiribati | 10 | Theft, rape and drunk-driving |
| Norway | 2 | Information not available |
| Oman | 82 | Human trafficking, illegal Alcohol sale, forgery of documents,Theft, Murder |
| Pakistan | 254 | Civil prisoners |
| Panama, El Salvador, Hondurus, Nicaragua | 7 | Illegal entry |
| Philippines, Palau, Marshall Islands, Micronesia | 19 | Financial cheating, kidnapping, rape, robbery, murder |
| Portugal | 1 | Information not available |
| Russian Federation | 2 | Smuggling of drugs, rape |
| Saudi Arabia | ||