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Vikas Singh's case taken up with Pakistan

India has taken up with Pakistan the case of Vikas Singh who was arrested for entering the country without valid documents, it was officially stated on Thursday.

The Indian High Commission in Islamabad has sought consular access, 'but we have not received any satisfactory response to our request from Pakistan', an External Affairs Ministry spokesperson said.

Lucknow-based Vikas, who entered Pakistan through Afghanistan after travelling 62 countries in 14 years as part of a world peace tour, is now under detention in a Peshawar jail.

The Indian mission first contacted the Pakistan Foreign Office on February two with a request that a visa be given to Vikas who was stranded on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border for three weeks without any money.

This request was repeated on April four, the spokesperson added.

News of his arrest was published in Pakistani newspapers on April 23. Four days later, Indian mission officials took up the matter with the Pakistan Foreign Office explaining to them that Vikas was on a world tour to spread the message of peace. A request was made for consular access.

The issue was taken up with the Director General of South Asia in the Pakistan Foreign Office on May 16, which was followed up with a verbal note on June two.

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