Dubai: An Indian national was sentenced
to death and 11 others were given life imprisonment for
torturing and killing a compatriot here.
Major Singh, from Punjab, was awarded death penalty
and 11 others have been given life imprisonment after they
were found guilty of murdering a co-Indian worker after a
drunken brawl in 2009. A Pakistani man was also sentenced to
life imprisonment in the case.
The identity of the deceased, who belonged to Kerala,
was not revealed.
"Major Singh got death sentence in this case while the
remaining boys, 11 Indians and 1 Pakistani, got life
imprisonment," SP Singh Oberoi, the Dubai-based hotelier who
has been pursuing the case on behalf of the Indians said.
According to Oberoi, as per Dubai Case No - 1165/2009
charges of intentional murder, bootlegging, drinking liquor
and hiding dead body were upheld by the Dubai Court of First
Instance.
Those handed life imprisonment include Sukhjit Singh,
Rakesh Kumar, Sukhwinder Singh, Surjit Singh, Manjit Singh,
Rashpal Singh, Balwinder Singh, Amarjit Singh, Surinder Singh,
Balwinder Singh, Sarabhjit Singh and Pakistani national Mohd
Rafat.
The case was under Jebel Ali Police Station in Dubai.
The hearing in the case was completed on December 6
last year and the judgement date was fixed for January 3 this
year.
The judgement was, however, postponed first to
February 7 and then to March 14.
PTI
