Indians kill compatriot for Dh 2,000

Failure to return Dh2,000 that he had borrowed from his three compatriots cost an Indian labourer his life. The three men allegedly killed Vijayan. in a premeditated murder and buried his body in a pit in a warehouse.

However, they failed to elude the law and were arrested. Dubai Police have nabbed the three accused, all labourers, 32-year-old Raj B, 25-year-old Santosh J and 30-year-old Shrini D, who have all confessed to their crime.

The three, who worked with a contracting company, had asked the victim to join them for dinner and drinks at a house in Al Barsha.

After consuming alcohol together, they strangled Vijayan to death, stole his money and mobile phone, and later moved his body to a deserted warehouse of their company in Al Barsha, where they buried the body. Some 15 days after the incident, the victim's brother reported to the police that his brother was missing. He also told the police that his brother's mobile phone was not responding and that his employers too had no clue to his whereabouts.

The police later arrested the three suspects as they had friendly relations with the victim. During the interrogation, the three confessed that they had killed Vijayan as he had failed to return the Dh2,000 he had borrowed from them more than a year ago.

They told the police that when their repeated pleas to return the money were ignored, they decided to kill Vijayan.