A court in Australia Thursday sentenced Haryana adolescents Vishal Jood to one year in jail after he pleaded guilty to 3 charges, which include committing attacks on contributors of the Sikh network in Sydney in September final year. Jood, who was a student in Australia, has been in prison since 16 April and turns into eligible for parole on 15 October after he completes six months non-parole length sentences, consistent with a file in the website NRI affairs.
However, having stayed in Australia on an expired visa may land him in a detention centre soon.
Hailing from Haryana’s Karnal district, Jood’s release was sought via way of means of many, which include Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, BJP chief Kapil Mishra, BJP Youth wing countrywide secretary Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga and Olympian Neeraj Chopra.
Jood was arrested on 16 April after the New South Wales police charged him with 3 counts of affray, 3 counts of armed with intent to dedicate indictable offence, counts of destroying or adverse property, and an attack occasioning actual bodily damage withinside the company of others. However, following a plea bargain agreement, Jood confessed to 3 minor charges, which included “attack”, “occasioning actual bodily damage in the enterprise of others” and “armed to commit an indictable offence”.
India’s overseas ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi Thursday said, “We were asked about this in the past also. What we recognize in the interim is that today, on 2 September, an Australian court heard the problem and surpassed a judgment on him. We are ascertaining the details. Our consulate and high commission are on it for a long time. And, we had been given the consular access too”.
Several social media users in Indian also started an online campaign #JusticeForVishalJood on Twitter in June, demanding his release. However, the 24-year-old was denied bail last month.