London: The sister of one of Britain’s six former soldiers jailed in India for carrying unlicensed arms on a ship for anti-piracy security yesterday sought the intervention of new British PM Theresa May, saying the UK government has “abandoned and betrayed” them. Lisa Dunn, the sister of Nick Dunn, expressed concerns that the men’s mental state is beginning to deteriorate. “Nick’s always maintained that he feels abandoned and betrayed by the government and the country that he once served,” she told The Guardian.

“Now we have a new government in place I would like to personally reach out to Theresa May, Boris Johnson (foreign secretary) and Sir Alan Duncan (a Foreign Office minister) and respectfully request that they continue to keep this case at the top of their agendas as we have been assured many times previously.