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Friday, August 22, 2025
Volume 16 . Issue 73
Jalandhar: The families of the Indians, who have been sentenced to death by a Sharjah court for killing a Pakistani national, on Thursday appealed for help to the Indian government.
Sixteen out of the seventeen Indians convicted, are from Punjab. The identity of the 17th Indian is yet to be confirmed.
“Our boys are innocent…spare them death,” said a relative of convicted Kulwinder Singh.
Family members of another convict Kuldeep Singh said: “The boys didn’t violate any laws. The trial is illegal and a farce.”
The families of the 16 Indians also appealed to the Indian government to see help from United Nations on this issue.
“Time is running out; only 15 days are left for appeal. The Indian government must seek UN intervention on this case,” said relative of Ravinder Singh, another convict.
Meanwhile Union External Affairs Minister SM Krishna said the government will assure all sorts of legal support to the Indians in Sharjah.
“We have assured them that the government of India will stand by them if they appeal in a higher court,” said Krishna.
Earlier, on Tuesday, Krishna said the Indian government will give consular assistance to the 17 Indians, who have been sentenced to death by a Sharjah court for killing a Pakistani national.
“We will give them consular assistance and we will try to find out in what other ways we can try to help them fight an appeal in the higher court,” Krishna told reporters.
Meanwhile, Indian Minister of Overseas Affairs Vayalar Ravi said the Indian Consulate have been asked to help the convicted ‘move fast’ with their appeal.
"We have already asked the Indian Consulate for a report and they have been asked to move fast for helping those people to appeal,” said Ravi.
A Sharjah court on Monday sentenced 17 Indians to death for killing a Pakistani national and injuring three others in January 2009.
Media reports from Sharjah said that the sentence was meted out on the basis of forensic reports and DNA tests as well as the confessional statements of the convicts.
The killing incident had occurred in January 2009, following a turf dispute between members of rival gangs that sell illegal liquor in and around labour camps in the Al-Sajaa area of Sharjah.
While the police charged 17 people in connection with the murder, many others were let off due to lack of evidence.
Jalandhar: The families of the Indians, who have been sentenced to death by a Sharjah court for killing a Pakistani national, on Thursday appealed for help to the Indian government. Sixteen out of the seventeen Indians convicted, are from Punjab. The identity of the 17th Indian is yet to be...
Jalandhar: The families of the Indians, who have been sentenced to death by a Sharjah court for killing a Pakistani national, on Thursday appealed for help to the Indian government.
Sixteen out of the seventeen Indians convicted, are from Punjab. The identity of the 17th Indian is yet to be confirmed.
“Our boys are innocent…spare them death,” said a relative of convicted Kulwinder Singh.
Family members of another convict Kuldeep Singh said: “The boys didn’t violate any laws. The trial is illegal and a farce.”
The families of the 16 Indians also appealed to the Indian government to see help from United Nations on this issue.
“Time is running out; only 15 days are left for appeal. The Indian government must seek UN intervention on this case,” said relative of Ravinder Singh, another convict.
Meanwhile Union External Affairs Minister SM Krishna said the government will assure all sorts of legal support to the Indians in Sharjah.
“We have assured them that the government of India will stand by them if they appeal in a higher court,” said Krishna.
Earlier, on Tuesday, Krishna said the Indian government will give consular assistance to the 17 Indians, who have been sentenced to death by a Sharjah court for killing a Pakistani national.
“We will give them consular assistance and we will try to find out in what other ways we can try to help them fight an appeal in the higher court,” Krishna told reporters.
Meanwhile, Indian Minister of Overseas Affairs Vayalar Ravi said the Indian Consulate have been asked to help the convicted ‘move fast’ with their appeal.
"We have already asked the Indian Consulate for a report and they have been asked to move fast for helping those people to appeal,” said Ravi.
A Sharjah court on Monday sentenced 17 Indians to death for killing a Pakistani national and injuring three others in January 2009.
Media reports from Sharjah said that the sentence was meted out on the basis of forensic reports and DNA tests as well as the confessional statements of the convicts.
The killing incident had occurred in January 2009, following a turf dispute between members of rival gangs that sell illegal liquor in and around labour camps in the Al-Sajaa area of Sharjah.
While the police charged 17 people in connection with the murder, many others were let off due to lack of evidence.
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