Get ex-soldiers released from India, May urged

London,  The sister of one of Britain’s six former soldiers jailed in India for carrying unlicensed arms on a ship for anti-piracy security today sought the intervention of new British Prime Minister Theresa May, saying the UK government has “abandoned and betrayed” them.
Lisa Dunn, the sister of Nick Dunn, expressed concerns that the men’s mental state is beginning to deteriorate and called for action to secure their release. “Nick’s always maintained that he feels abandoned and betrayed by the government and the country that he once served,” she told The Guardian.
“Now, we have a new government in place I would like to personally reach out to Theresa May, Boris Johnson (foreign secretary) and Sir Alan Duncan (a Foreign Office minister) and respectfully request that they continue to keep this case at the top of their agendas as we have been assured many times previously,” she said.
The men among 35 crew members were arrested in 2013 and sentenced by a Tamil Nadu court to five-year jail in January this year for carrying unlicensed firearms. They were held while working for an anti-piracy security firm protecting ships in the Indian Ocean.

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