Doha, Qatar: The Qatar International Court and Dispute Resolution Centre (QICDRC) has wrapped up the 5th Full Meeting of the Standing International Fo.
updated: Apr 15 2021, 19:26 ist
It was an emotional homecoming for the Mumbai-based couple, Mohammad Shareeq and Oniba Qureshi, who were held in a drugs case in Qatar around two years ago.
For the parents of Oniba and Shareeq, it was a moment of joy as they also welcomed Aayat, their grand-daughter, who was born in jail in a foreign land.
“I cannot forget these two years,” said Shareeq. We were trapped and entangled in a case with which we had no connection even remotely, he said.
“Life was difficult…I was expecting….emotionally we had broken down,” said Oniba, however, adding that the jail authorities took care of her well during the pregnancy.
Mohammad Shareeq and his wife Oniba Kauser were arrested in Qatar in 2019.
Mumbai:
Thanks to a father s efforts, an Indian couple was finally able to return home on Wednesday, more than 20-months after they were sentenced to 10-year jail by a court in Qatar on drug trafficking charges.
On July 6, 2019, Mohammad Shareeq and his wife Oniba Kauser Shakeel Ahmed were arrested at Doha s Hamad International Airport by Qatar s drug enforcement agencies.
The couple was cheated by drug traffickers on the pretext of a honeymoon package in India.
The traffickers, after gaining the couple s confidence, had given them a bag containing contraband (drugs), telling them that it contained tobacco.