48 Foreign Citizens who are completed in terms of the NDPS Act are filed in the jail of Punjab, incomplete procedure incomplete -48 foreign citizens under the NDPS Act remain in the Punjab jail penalty of the depotation processes that are pending

Updated: Fri, 19 Sep 2025 01:22 PM (IST) The increasing number of foreign prisoners in Punjab prisons are alarming, many of which are included in drug cases. 48 Foreign citizens who completed the sentence under the NDPS Act are still filed in jail, as their exile process is incomplete. The government and the prison departments review the matters and try to strengthen the exile process. The number of foreign prisoners in Punjab stalks increases Rohit Kumar, Chandigarh. The number of foreign prisoners in Punjab stalks remains an ongoing concern. Dozens of foreign citizens have been closed in various prisons of the state. Most of these are people caught with drugs and limited substances. Remove advertisement, just read the news, 48 ​​foreign citizens involved in the cases of NDPS native in prison, are filed in prison despite the completion of the sentence, as their citizenship is incomplete, the process of confirmation, access to the connection and exile. The Punjab government and the prison department have assured that all the cases related to foreign prisoners are being revised and that the captivity process will be strengthened with the cooperation of the central government. The prisons had more than 200 foreign prisoners until March 31, 2023. Here, the state police are constantly catching foreign citizens with drugs. Several incidents of arrest of citizens of Africa countries, including Nigeria in urban areas such as Mohali and Ludhiana, have come to light. For example, Agustin Okwudili, a Nigerian citizen, was caught with cocaine and MDMA medicine in Mohali this year. Similarly, foreign citizens in Amritsar and Jalandhar have also been arrested in heroin smuggling. Experts believe that foreign networks reach here as a result of Punjab’s geographical location and activism of drug roots. The pressure of both consumption and supply of medicine is also reflected in the state’s prisons. Statistics indicate that a large part of the foreign prisoners are undergoing, that is, the settlement of cases is pending in the courts. As a result, they remain in prison for years. Human rights activists say that the status of foreign prisoners is complicated. On the one hand, they are accused of serious crimes, on the other, even after completing the sentence, there is a delay in release or exile for administrative reasons. After the rigor of the court, the government is expected to take steps in this direction soon.