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| Britons 'hiring Indian assassins' | Britons 'hiring Indian assassins' |
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| British Asians are hiring contract killers to carry out up to 100 murders in India every year, according to campaigners in rural Punjab state. | British Asians are hiring contract killers to carry out up to 100 murders in India every year, according to campaigners in rural Punjab state. |
| BBC Asian Network understands targets such as family or business associates are lured to the sub-continent, where assassins can be hired for just £500. | BBC Asian Network understands targets such as family or business associates are lured to the sub-continent, where assassins can be hired for just £500. |
| Punjab Police deny corruption allows the British Asians to evade justice. | Punjab Police deny corruption allows the British Asians to evade justice. |
| Scotland Yard says it is aware of the problem. The Foreign Office says six British nationals are missing in India. | Scotland Yard says it is aware of the problem. The Foreign Office says six British nationals are missing in India. |
| A member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly, British-born Jassi Khangura, has investigated the trend which he believes claims the lives of between 50 and 100 overseas Indians every year. | A member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly, British-born Jassi Khangura, has investigated the trend which he believes claims the lives of between 50 and 100 overseas Indians every year. |
| Legal loopholes | Legal loopholes |
| He says most of the killings are carried out in Punjab where, he claims, police corruption and bureaucratic or legal loopholes mean the perpetrators are seldom tried. | He says most of the killings are carried out in Punjab where, he claims, police corruption and bureaucratic or legal loopholes mean the perpetrators are seldom tried. |
| The Punjab Police force says the figures are exaggerated and deny the force is riddled with corruption. | The Punjab Police force says the figures are exaggerated and deny the force is riddled with corruption. |
| Some victims' families are now turning to authorities in the UK for assistance. | Some victims' families are now turning to authorities in the UK for assistance. |
| Metropolitan Police detectives say they do not know how many people are killed in this way. | Metropolitan Police detectives say they do not know how many people are killed in this way. |
| Full details will be broadcast as part of the Passport to Murder programme on BBC Asian Network at 1800 BST on Monday. |