Dubai: Two Indian expats, who had been stuck here for four years following a blood money case involving the accidental death of a worker, have been released from the case after a UAE charity raised the amount for them.
Dar Al Ber Society had last month launched a donation campaign seeking aid for the duo after a Gulf News report that highlighted the plight of Shaney Haider, 45, a safety officer and B. Bharathiraja, 33, a civil engineer who had been mired in the case since the worksite accident in January 2017.
In the report published in December, Haider from Uttar Pradesh and Bharathiraja, from Tamil Nadu had appealed for mercy or help to pay Dh200,000 in diya (blood money) to the family of Utpal Mallick from West Bengal, who was 42 when he accidentally fell to his death while working at a villa under construction.
The move follows a
Gulf News report that highlighted the plight of the safety officer and civil engineer who have been mired in the case since the worksite accident in January 2017.
In the report published in December, Shaney Haider, 45, from Uttar Pradesh and B. Bharathiraja, 33, from Tamil Nadu had appealed for mercy or help to pay Dh200,000 in diya (blood money) to the family of Utpal Mallick from West Bengal, who was 42 when he accidentally fell to his death while constructing a villa.
Despite getting a pardon from the family of the deceased following an out-of-court settlement, the duo had said that they could not get the pardon legally validated as Mallick’s daughter was still a minor. The company for which they worked was already in trouble when the unfortunate incident took place and had eventually shut down, giving them no scope for settling the huge amount from their salaries.
Dubai: Two Indian expatriates a safety officer and a civil engineer have appealed for mercy or help to pay Dh200,000 in diya (blood money) to the family of a worker who died after an accidental fall at a Dubai worksite in 2017.
Shaney Haider, 45, from Uttar Pradesh and B. Bharathiraja, 33, from Tamil Nadu, said the incident took place on January 22 in 2017. Despite getting a pardon from the family of the deceased, Utpal Mallick from West Bengal, following an out-of-court settlement, the duo could still not get the pardon legally validated, the duo told Gulf News.
What happened
Mallick, then 42, had fallen while constructing the terrace of a two-storey villa in Dubai, said Haider. “Just a few days earlier, the construction above one floor had been given a clean chit. Mallick fell from a height of about six metres to a height of three metres, but unfortunately he fell on the scaffolding rods and was severely injured. That is what led to his death,” he claimed.