Hyderabad, Feb. 8 -- The office of Union External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar has responded to the petition of the Jammu and Kashmir Students Association (JKSA) for the urgent repatriation of 36-year-old Abdul Rafi Baba, the Kashmiri engineer currently imprisoned in Saudi Arabia. The development comes after nationwide appeals for Baba's release and fair trial.

Jaishankaroffice response on Kashmiri engineer's case

The External Affairs Minister's (EAM) office has initiated formal dialogues with the Indian Embassy in Riyadh to address the situation of Rafi Baba, a native of Srinagar's Soura city according to a statement from JKSA National Convenor Nasir Khuehami. "The External Affairs Minister's office has informed us that our Embassy...