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Kuwait Commuted Death Sentence Of 15 Indians ,union Minister Vk Singh Informs Lok Sabha
The Amir of Kuwait has commuted the death sentence of 15 Indians to life imprisonment, the government informed Lok Sabha on Wednesday. In a written response to a question, VK Singh, minister of state in the ministry of external affairs, said the sentences of another 119 Indians have been reduced by an "Amiri Decree".
His statement did not give details about the time when the sentences were commuted, or about the convicts.Of the 119, the sentences of 53 Indian convicts were reduced from life to 20 years. Twenty two were immediately released, while the sentences of 18 were reduced by three-quarter.
;"The Government of India, through its missions abroad and through bilateral mechanism regularly takes up cases of Indian nationals lodged in foreign jails with the concerned authorities for taking a sympathetic view of all such cases, including in the Middle East countries," Singh said.
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