Palamu Superintendent of Police Kapil Choudhary confirmed that the application has been forwarded to higher authorities to explore diplomatic and legal remedies.

The family of 23-year-old Shashi Kumar Paswan, a resident of Dadra village in Jharkhand’s Palamu district, has appealed to the district administration and the Ministry of External Affairs for assistance following his four-month incarceration in a UAE jail. Paswan’s father, Lalan Paswan, submitted a formal application at the Hussainabad police station on Monday, explaining that his son was detained after attempting to return home for his sister’s June wedding through an unauthorised agent.

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