Britons 'hiring Indian assassins'

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.

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.

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.

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