Overview
- Downing Street says Sir Keir Starmer has repeatedly raised the case with Narendra Modi and wants an investigation into Johal’s torture allegations.
- Reprieve shared police records showing Punjab authorities acknowledged they cannot locate Johal’s confiscated wedding ring and a gold chain valued at about £12,000.
- Reprieve says a judge has ordered an inquiry into how Johal’s seized property went missing and who was responsible.
- Johal has been detained since November 4, 2017, and a UN panel deemed his imprisonment arbitrary in 2022.
- Despite this year’s acquittal in a Punjab case, he still faces federal charges that supporters describe as near-duplicates, as his family urges stronger UK action.