Dubai Sentences 10 Punjabi Citizens To Death In Murder Case
Posted: 06 Dec 2016
(AP Photo/Aziz Shah)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—A civil court in Dubai in the province of United Arab Emirates has issued the death penalty to 10 Punjabis who had gone there to earn a living.
The men have been found guilty in a case pertaining to the murder of a Pakistani citizen in a clash over alcohol drinking. The ten men were originally from Malerkotla, Tarn Taran, Samrala, Ludhiana, Moga, Patiala and Gurdaspurs districts.
The court’s verdict has distressed the families of the young men and they have started approaching the Indian authorities to make efforts to save them. It is learnt that efforts were being made to lodge an appeal against the court’s verdict.