The brother of a man arbitrarily detained in India has said he todays meeting with the Foreign Secretary was “one of the most disappointing meetings yet”.

Gurpreet Singh Johal met the Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper on Monday to ask how the UK Government plans to secure his brother’s release from arbitrary detention in India.

Jagtar Singh Johal, 38, was arrested in connection with terror-related offences in the Punjab region while celebrating his honeymoon in November 2017.

His brother has been campaigning for his release for eight years, meeting each Foreign Secretary in that time. Mr Singh Johal said his meeting on Monday with Ms Cooper was “devastating”.

Mr Johal said: “Honestly, I don’t know why I bothered taking the train down from Glasgow for this. I’ve now met six fore

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