In making the ministry of external affairs accessible for every citizen outside of the country, Sushma Swaraj is making a big impact. Minutes before he was to be executed by a firing squad in Indonesia, Indian convict Gurdip Singh got a second shot at life. He was spared from execution. Gurdip was charged for carrying Heroin and subsequently sentenced to death by a firing squad along with 13 others. The Foreign Minister is believed to have playeda key role in this miraculous escape. Ever since the case was highlighted by the media, Swaraj followed it up. In a tweet on July 27, she wrote, “Gurdip Singh is facing death sentence in a drug case in Indonesia. We are making last minute efforts to save him from execution on 28 July". Mr. Singh’s wife Kulwinder Kaur told the media in Jalandhar that he has been sent back to jail and that he spoke to her over phone on Friday morning. Appealing the Indonesian government for mercy to Gurdip Singh, Kulwinder Kaur said he has spent years in jail which was enough penance for his crime if he was guilty and he should be sent back to his country.

“A priest was invited and a van had also arrived to carry his body but the execution was halted at the last minute. He was then sent back to the prison,” she said. Mr. Singh was one of the ten convicts who were allowed to return to the jail while the Indonesian authorities executed four other prisoners. The family thanked the ministry and Sushma Swaraj for their relentless efforts to save him.