Chandigarh, April 18: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said that he would seek a detailed report from the Ministry of External Affairs on the matter & Condemning as totally barbaric and inhuman the recent beheading of two Punjabis by the authorities in Saudi Arabia.
The two men Satwinder Kumar of Safdarpur Kallian village in Hoshiarpur district and Harjit Singh of Ludhiana district were executed by Saudi authorities on February 28 this year without any prior information regarding their execution being shared with the Indian Embassy in Riyadh, Prakash Chand, Director (Consular), MEA stated in a written communication dated April 10, 2019.
Chand said in the communication, sent to Satwinder`s wife Seema Rani through the counsel at the Punjab and Haryana High court as she had petitioned before the court regarding her husband, that the Embassy had no information about the mortal remains of both men and was awaiting the same from the Saudi authorities.
He called upon the United Nations and other global human rights organisations to take serious cognizance of the incident and put pressure on Saudi Arabia to end its ancient and blatantly illegal practices, which are against all norms of humanity.
Referring to media reports that the families of the victims would not get their bodies due to restrictions in place in Saudi Arabia, the Chief Minister said he would seek Sushma`s personal intervention to take up the matter with the Saudi authorities at the highest level on this count.
If needed, the Prime Minister himself should intervene to ensure the return of their mortal remains.
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