Labour has accused
Boris Johnson of authorising the sharing of intelligence that led to the imprisonment and alleged torture of a UK-based Sikh activist in India.
A Foreign Office minister refused to confirm or deny Johnson’s alleged involvement – during his time as foreign secretary – in the case of Jagtar Singh Johal, who has been detained for five years without trial.
The minister, Rehman Chishti, also declined to say whether UK security services passed on information that led to the kidnap of Johal, who is accused of conspiracy to murder and being part of a terrorist gang.
Lawyers for Johal, from Dumbarton in
Scotland, say he was tortured, including being given electric shocks, after his unlawful arrest in the Punjab in 2017.