2 Indian Men Freed From Detention Van After 8-Hour Protest In Scotland

Sumit Sehdev, a chef, and Lakhvir Singh, a mechanic, both in their 30s, have reportedly been in the UK for 10 years.

Two Indian men being held in a detention van on "suspected immigration offences" walked free with the help of a human rights lawyer after an eight-hour protest by their neighbours in the Scottish city of Glasgow. This is the moment that People Power forced the release of Sumit Sehdev and Lakhvir Singh.They were detained following a Home Office Immigration raid during Eid - with the power of solidarity and humanity the people of Glasgow mobilised and said NO pic.twitter.com/bDCKI0UwdF Sumit Sehdev, a chef, and Lakhvir Singh, a mechanic, both in their 30s, have reportedly been in the UK for 10 years. Six UK Immigration Enforcement officers, backed by Police Scotland, removed them from their home in the Pollokshields area of Glasgow on Thursday and put them into a van heading to a detention centre, but were soon surrounded by a large crowd of protesters determined to free them. "This was a cynical and provocative action by the Home Office to do it on the day of Eid. To be honest, they don't give a damn about the lives of these people, but the people of Glasgow do," Aamer Anwar, a Pakistani-origin human rights lawyer, told 'ITV News''.