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Sushma asks Indian Ambassador in Saudi to take up matter of arrest of person of Telangana in country for Facebook post

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today said that she has asked Indian Ambassador in Saudi Arabia to take up the matter of arrest of a person of Telangana in the country for a Facebook post.<br/><br/>According to reports, the person 38-year-old Shankar Ponnam has been arrested by the Riyadh police in November on charges of blasphemy which is a serious offence in Saudi Arabia.<br/>

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