Indians freed of murder charge, but back in Sharjah jail

Mangalore Today News Network

Dubai, September 28, 2011: Seventeen Indians, whose death sentence for killing a Pakistani was revoked after the blood money was paid, were sent back to a Sharjah jail in the wake of demands for compensation by two men injured in the same incident, days before they were to fly back home.

The 17 Indians, mostly from Punjab, were pardoned after over Rs 4 crore was paid as blood money to the victim’s family. They now face a travel ban owing to a “technical error”, the law firm handling the case has said.

“It’s a technical error in the judgement document which can only be rectified by a higher court in Abu Dhabi,” a lawyer from Mohamed Salman Advocates and Legal Consultants said.

According the lawyer, even though the authorities are keen to close the case, getting dates will take some time.

The 17 Indians were to be deported on Saturday last.

S P Singh Oberoi, the Dubai-based hotelier who helped raise the blood money, said the men who were shifted to an out-jail were sent back to the Sharjah Central Jail on Thursday as a travel ban was imposed on them.

Courtesy: Deccan Herald