Death sentence for two Indians in Qatari woman's murder case upheld
A Doha appeals court has upheld the death sentence given to two Indian men by the trial court for the murder of an elderly Qatari woman at her home in 2012. The third defendant, also an Indian, has been given a life sentence.
Speaking to this newspaper, Indian legal activist Nizar Kocheri said the issue was brought to his attention only two days ago and it has been decided to appeal the verdict at the Supreme Court before the deadline for appealing ends on July 30. Kocheri said he has also discussed the matter with Indian embassy officials.
It is learnt the prosecution has appealed for capital punishment for the third defendant also.
The verdict in the murder case was delivered on May 30 by the Court of Appeal but the issue came to light only when Suresh Kumar, a lawyer from India, who was deputed by the South Asian Fishermen Fraternity (SAFF) arrived in Doha a couple of days ago to follow up the case. Kumar had also met Indian embassy officials in this regard.
The trio, who were found guilty of the murder, were identified as Alagappa Subramaniam, Chinnadurai Perumal and Sivakumar Arasan, all reported to be in their early 40s and natives of Villupuram, Virudhunagar and Salem, respectively, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
At least one of the three was working at the home where the murder took place, a source told Gulf Times.
The crime was committed towards the end of 2012 and two of the accused were awarded capital punishment by a local court on December 31, 2014. The trial court had sentenced the third accused to life in prison. In May this year, the Court of Appeals upheld the verdict.
In a previous case, three other Asian expatriates were sentenced to death for the killing of an Indonesian housemaid in 2003. Though the appeals court upheld the lower court's verdict, it was commuted to life for two of them and 15 years in jail for another by the apex court in 2011.
The proceedings of the sensational case had begun with the arrest of the trio in December 2003 after the maid’s body was found in October that year at the Al Wakrah beach.
The accused were spared the death penalty as they were given the benefit of doubt by the Supreme Court.
Courtesy: gulf-times.com
Thank God he revealed them out.now they will learn to respect other expatriates.India's Qatar is not ur country even if u are more here.learn to obey the rules and regulations and not create ur."when u go to Rome do ................?finished the the sentence India's
Rizks and I are good friends , even though he wears that shoddy lungi :0(
I am not a resist but I have found Indian (specially people from Kerala) are extremely offensive to non Indian expatriates! Nice to see they take care of their own people (like if the Indian is a Malaylam or Panjabi he/she always trying to give the person preference) but simultaneously this is pathetic to see their abusive behavior to rest of the world. I think these guys needs some training and only Indian foreign affairs division can arrange this. Specially you need to be respectful to local Qatari citizen. Just consider thinking without the help of any Qatari you couldn't afford a visa in Qatar. Also I would recommend Indians to be friendly to non Indian expatriates too. You are now working in a country which is trying to be multi culture friendly, multi nation friendly, multi race friendly. What is the problem if you make friends from outside of your country? Patriotism is good but Ultra Patriotism is harmful. Again saying I have no problem with India or Indians but I have noticed a big problem inside Indian expatriates. I am just saying this. Not making hate speech to India or Indian people. After all I like Mahatma Gandhi who is an Indian too. And finally I would like to see a Qatar where local Qatari citizen are feeling secured withing their own country.
Brit: Give him three days to think it over and decide.
We fully support this ruling
MM: Are you sad at the murder or the sentence ?
To bad .............................