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Donors sponsor the payment of blood money for the prisoner «Sajid»

Sajid was sentenced to prison until the payment of the legal blood money. From the source

Donors have paid 200,33 dirhams for the value of the legal blood money incurred by the Pakistani inmate (Sajid - <> years old), who is imprisoned in Dubai Central Prison pending a lawsuit of blood money.

The "hotline" coordinated between donors and the Islamic Affairs and Charitable Activities Department in Dubai to transfer the donation amount to the concerned authority in order to pay the value of blood money, and to release (Sajid), who expressed his happiness with the news of the donation, and thanked Dubai Police.

The «Emirates Today» published on the first of this month the story of the suffering (Sajid), as a result of the fall of a worker of the nationality of an Asian country in a construction site supervised, where the case resulted on (Sajid) as a worker official, and was sentenced to imprisonment until the payment of the value of blood money legitimacy of 200 thousand dirhams to the heirs of the deceased. Sajid has been in prison pending the case for several months.

Sajid told his story: "Years ago, I chose to leave my home country and travel to work in Dubai, where I worked as a supervisor of workers in a private company working in the field of cleaning buildings, and I used to work and live my life normally like the rest of the workers."

He added: «One day, about nine months ago, I went with a number of workers to a building in Dubai, where work went smoothly, until one of the workers told me that a worker fell from the seventh floor, and then I went directly to the site of the accident in fear, and I was surprised by the horror of the view, where the worker was lying on the ground and blood drowning his body».

The inmate (Sajid) continued: «Immediately the police and ambulance were contacted and rushed to the site, and it turned out after examining the paramedic medical staff that the worker died».

The inmate explained that "after inferring how the worker fell, it was found that the rope to which he was hanging was broken."

The prisoner (Sajid) stated that when investigating the incident, he was asked about evaluating the place, and making sure of the safety of the equipment, and his answer was that it was not his competence, and there is another official who does all this.

He added that «he was accused of negligence, and was arrested on charges of causing the death of a person by mistake», noting that after that the matter was referred to the court, and a ruling was issued against him obliging him to pay a legal blood money of 200,<> dirhams to the family of the deceased worker.

The inmate (Sajid) confirmed that he does not have this amount to pay, as his salary barely covers his family's expenses.

He said: «I became alone helpless to pay the amount of blood money, and I had no other choice but to stay behind the bars of the Central Prison in Dubai pending the case, and I do not know what to do under the circumstances that I order», adding: «I have completed so far nine months in prison pending the case, and I do not know how much I will remain imprisoned without any solutions to my case».

Sajid stated at the time that he lives in constant sadness because of his imprisonment throughout that period, without a solution to his problem, and does not know when he can return to his normal life, to work and support his family, which currently lives without a breadwinner, and is waiting for his release from prison.

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The prisoner (Sajid) expressed his happiness and thanks to the donors, for standing with him in his suffering, in light of the circumstances he is going through, pointing out that this is not strange to state institutions and individuals in their solidarity and solidarity with the needy, especially the inmates of correctional and penal facilities in the state.

• Sajid was accused of negligence and causing a person's death by mistake.