Dubai court convicts three Indians for robbing colleague

Saturday, October 6, 2007, 13:32 [IST]

Dubai, Oct 6 (UNI) Three Indians have been sentenced to three-year imprisonment each by the Dubai Criminal Court for robbing a colleague.

They would be deported after serving their jail terms, the Evening Post reported.

The victim, a clerk at the company where the three accused-- two masons and an electrician-- were working, said he was robbed of 52,000 dirhams of company's funds, a mobile phone and his passport in February while he was driving to the company's accommodation complex.

UNI

Topics: LAW-DUBAI-INDIANS

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