Kin of youth in Kuwait jail seek Modi’s help

Hoshiarpur, August 29

Families of nine out of 10 state youth arrested in Kuwait two years ago have urged the Union Government to help them bring their wards back. 

They were arrested by the Kuwait police after the death of two Egyptian citizens in a scuffle among labourers for a seat in a bus. Family members of Amandeep Singh, Vijay Kumar, Tarsem Lal, Gurpreet Singh, Satpal Singh, Surjit Pal, Rulda Ram, Santokh Singh and Roop Singh addressed mediapersons here. 

They said for the past two years, the youths had been in prison and they had been running from pillar to post to get them released. They said no help was being provided by the embassy. 

They said the persons who had died, had died because of heart attack, which was confirmed in the post-mortem report too. Even then, they were not being released and were not provided any legal help too, families said. 

They have now appealed PM Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to help them secure the release of these youths from Kuwait prison. — OC