Two 48-year-old men, one Indian and one Bangladeshi, have been ordered to pay a total of approximately Rs 90,018,436 (AED 400,000) for causing the death of two Saudi women in a road accident here in July.
According to a newspaper report, the two men have been ordered by a court here to pay the blood money to the family of the victims who were killed in a car accident in the Al-Barsha area of Dubai on July 3.
“Dubai Traffic Court was told the men, one from Bangladesh and the other from India, both 48, drove their cars recklessly on the day of the incident,” The National report said, adding that both women died shortly after the collision.
Four other members of the family were moderately injured.
According to the report, the Bangladeshi man stopped his car in the middle of the main road and started reversing.
“The Indian, who was in another car, failed to see the vehicle and rammed into it. Both cars then hit a third car, with a family from Saudi Arabia inside,” said the report.
The report says the drivers were referred to court on charges of causing wrongful death, causing injuries, and damaging one another’s cars.
The court found them guilty.
"The court cancelled the Bangladeshi’s license for three months, and ordered him to cough up a 10,000 dirhams fine and 320,000 dirhams in blood money."
“The driver from India was fined AED 2,000 (approximately Rs 45,092) and ordered to pay AED 80,000 (approximately Rs 18,03,683) in blood money."
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New Delhi (PTI): The Congress Working Committee made it clear on Wednesday that it is not the time to air individual views but to amplify the party's official stand, with some leaders later asserting that Shashi Tharoor had crossed the "lakshman rekha" with his repeated comments on the India-Pakistan conflict.
There was no immediate reaction from Tharoor on the issue.
The sources made the assertion after a meeting of CWC members and senior leaders, including Tharoor, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi, Congress general secretaries K C Venugopal, Jairam Ramesh, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Sachin Pilot, among others, at its 24, Akbar Road office here.
"We are a democratic party and people keep expressing their opinions, but this time, Tharoor has crossed the lakshman rekha," a senior party leader said after the meeting.
Party sources said, without naming anyone, a clear message was sent during the meeting that this is not a time for airing individual views but for amplifying the party's stand.
A leader said during the meeting, Tharoor toed the party line and gave "constructive suggestions".
A senior leader, without naming anyone, raised the issue of some leaders airing different views and urged the leadership to intervene, the sources said.
Asked about Tharoor's comments in recent interviews being at odds with the party's stand, Ramesh said at a media briefing, "That is his opinion. When Mr. Tharoor speaks, it is his view and it is not the stand of the party."
Tharoor has been making comments on the India-Pakistan conflict that are at variance with the party's stand, which has been questioning the government over US President Donald Trump's claims of mediating a ceasefire between the two countries.