Sikh activist Jagtar Singh Johal faces terror charges in connection with political violence in the north of the country.
Foreign Secretary David Lammy has told the BBC he wants to "see progress" in the legal case against a Scottish man detained in India since 2017.
Previously, while Labour was in opposition at Westminster, Mr Lammy had written a number of social media posts about the case.He called for former prime minister Liz Truss to end the "arbitrary detention"and said "she must secure his release".Mr Lammy, who was appointed foreign secretary less than three weeks ago, did not use the same language on his current visit to in India.
In his letter to Mr Johnson, Sir Keir wrote: "When a UK national has been so gravely mistreated, with no legal basis, the UK government must act decisively to negotiate their release."Mr Johal's brother Gurpreet, a Labour councillor, welcomed Mr Lammy's move, but said there needed to be a solution to "bring Jagtar back home".He added his brother was "as well as he can be" and kept in touch via a phone call every three weeks.
His trial for the eight most serious cases against him started in 2022 but he still has not been convicted of any crime.
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