An Indian worker who was given death penalty by Saudi court will now walk free. A Saudi businessman came to the rescue of Limbadiri who has been in jail for more than eight years now.
Limbadiri was a worker at a farm in Najran. While working there, he got into a dispute with a Saudi national and the fight ended in the murder of the latter. He was then arrested and sentenced to death by Saudi court. With the date of the execution approaching, Awad bin Guraiah Al-Yami, a millionaire who spoke to the kin of the victim and asked them to show mercy upon Limbadiri. The businessman also offered them SR 1.3 million as blood money.
The family accepted the blood money and gave mercy to Limbadiri. Later, the court endorsed the mercy and the Indian would be released from prison soon.
In a similar case the Al Ain city court of United Arab Emirates sentenced death penalty to 10 youths from Punjab on October 26 for murdering a Pakistani national in 2015. The appeal for the case was admitted in Abu Dhabi Court.
The High Court of Abu Dhabi on 28th December gave permission to SP Singh Oberoi a hotelier cum social worker in Dubai, to hold talks with the family of the deceased Muhammad Farhan Muhammad Ezaz regarding payment of blood money till 23 January.
SP Singh Oberoi have saved lives of 70 youths from the gallows and also got another 17 youths from death row in the UAE from India released in the past, said most of the young men from Punjab indulged in the bootlegging businesses, which are illegal and a very serious offense. “The court always awards death sentence in these cases and blood money is the only way out,” he said.
