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Indian body offers blood money in pesticide death case

DUBAI - Three Indians who were convicted of causing the deaths of two babies of a triplet in Ajman are likely to be released from the prison next week after the Indian community contributed half of the blood money they owed to the parents of the boys.

By (Staff Reporter)

Published: Fri 14 Oct 2011, 12:46 AM

Last updated: Tue 7 Apr 2015, 10:47 AM

In January 2011, the trio —the owner and two employees of a pesticide company— were ordered to pay a blood money of Dh400,000 for causing the deaths of the infants who were asleep when the men fumigated the house of a neighbour of the children in April 2010.

The trio had later got their four years’ initial jail sentence suspended to six months after an appeal, according to the Indian Community Welfare Committee, a welfare group under the patronage of the Indian Consulate  in Dubai.

However, the committee said they remained behind bars for nearly one and a half year more after completing their jail term as they could not raise more than Dh200,000 for the blood money.

The ICWC recently took up their case as part of its project to help release Indians languishing in jails for being unable to pay blood money in cases of deaths caused in accidents.

“We have collected another Dh200,000 for them,” ICWC Convenor Kumar said on Tuesday.

“We will submit the cheque to the bank and court on Sunday. Once the diya money is paid, it is just a matter of two days for their release,” he said, adding that the men deserved the financial support because they had not committed a pre-meditated crime and had already served their jail term.

sajila@khaleejtimes.com

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