Family members of three Bangladeshi nationals, accused of murder of an Indian national in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), yesterday said they wanted to negotiate with the victim’s family to seek pardon for the convicts.
The UAE government temporarily postponed the execution of death sentence of Mohammad Nayeb Ali from Pubna, Kamrul Islam from Mymensingh and Atique Ashraf Hossain from Meherpur. They killed an Indian national named Taru, over personal dispute in 2009.
Ashraf Ali, father of Atique Ashraf Hossain, is already in India to negotiate with the family of Taru.
“We want to save our son at any cost. My husband went to India eight days back to convince the victim family,” Hawa Khatun, mother of Atique, told the Dhaka Tribune over phone yesterday.
She also said the family members of other two victims could not go to India as they did not have passports.
Sohel Rana, brother of Kamrul, said: “We have no passport and thus, cannot go to India for the negotiation. We requested Atique’s father to represent all of the accused.”
“We requested the UAE government to give time to seek pardon and the government accepted our appeal,” AKM Mizanur Rahman, first secretary of Bangladesh consulate in Dubai, told the Dhaka Tribune over phone yesterday.
He also said the postponement has been given to negotiate with the blood heirs of the victim in order to complete the legal formalities.
“If the victim’s family grant pardon to the convicts, they will need to pay Tk22 lakh as blood money,” Mizanur Rahman said.
