{"id":45056,"date":"2025-03-04T07:30:19","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T12:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/jagtar-singh-johal-acquitted-in-india-terror-case\/04\/03\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-03-04T07:30:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T12:30:19","slug":"jagtar-singh-johal-acquitted-in-india-terror-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/jagtar-singh-johal-acquitted-in-india-terror-case\/04\/03\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Jagtar Singh Johal acquitted in India terror case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"\" data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A Scottish Sikh man detained in India for seven years has been acquitted in one of the nine cases against him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Jagtar Singh Johal, from Dumbarton, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-scotland-68274652?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Byahoo.north.america%5D-%5Blink%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:faces several terror charges;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">faces several terror charges<\/a> in connection with political violence in the north of India but has never been convicted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The 37-year-old was arrested in Punjab in November 2017, just weeks after his wedding there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">His family and legal team said all the cases against him are similar and the other eight should now be dropped.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He is accused of travelling to Paris in 2013 to hand over \u00a33,000 to a co-conspirator in the knowledge the money would be used to fund a series of attacks against Hindu nationalists and other religious leaders in Punjab.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Mr Johal&#8217;s trial for the eight most serious cases against him started in 2022 and is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. 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