The Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka has taken up the issue of prisoner-swap with India and is working out the details of the transfer of prisoners, the Hindu reported
It was because of the interest of both India and Sri Lanka that an
agreement on the transfer of prisoners could be signed last year. “Now we have the legal frame-work. We have been working on the remaining of the details ever since,” an official said, and added that the whole process was quite complex.
Not all Indian prisoners in Sri Lankan jails qualify. “Only those who
have been convicted can be transferred to Indian jails. Also, coordination of multiple agencies was required and all this takes some
time,” the official explained.
There are more than 40 Indians in Sri Lankan jails. Almost all of them
have been sent to prison for trying to smuggle in banned narcotic
substances. Almost all of those in prison are poor and share
strikingly similar stories of being lured into being “carriers” and
ending up in prison.
In Sri Lanka, a life term is what it means – the convict has to spend the rest of his or her life in prison. Like most countries in the region fighting the arrival of drugs onto its shores, Sri Lanka has put in place stringent laws to deal with the menace. No remission of sentence is possible for a drug carrier in Sri Lanka.
Courtesy - The Hindu
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