Daijiworld Media Network - Bahrain(SR)
Bahrain, Aug 26: The Bahrain government on Sunday pardoned 250 Indians, serving sentences in the Gulf nation, during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the country. The Bahrain government showed the humanitarian gesture during the first visit of Indian PM.
PM Narendra Modi thanked the Bahrain leadership for the Royal pardon. Expressing gratitude to the to the oil-rich country, Prime Minister's Office tweeted "In a kind and humanitarian gesture, the Government of Bahrain has pardoned 250 Indians serving sentences in Bahrain."
Though it is not clear how many Indians are lodged in jails in the Gulf kingdom, official data says, Saudi Arabia has the highest number of Indians, 1,811 followed by the UAE at 1,392, lodged in various prisons.