Asian worker murder trial adjourned

The High Criminal Court has adjourned a case involving three Asian men, who killed a fellow national by hitting him with a hammer in last May, to September 15, 2019, while extending the detention of the accused. According to court files, the suspects killed the victim after they lured him to an abandoned land in Al Daih, where they beat him to death using hammers and cement blocks, after they argued about a financial dispute.

The case was first reported when the General Directorate of Criminal Investigation and Forensic Science was notified about a severely injured man found in a farm in Al Daih, a few kilometres to the west of the Capital. The victim was rushed to Salmaniya Medical Complex after informing that he was attacked and robbed by three individuals.

The man succumbed to his wounds and passed away in the hospital The authorities launched a manhunt to nab the three suspects, who were eventually arrested, after investigators acknowledged that they were related to the victim.

They, the three suspects, told the interrogators that they had requested the victim to meet them after he apparently cheated them by selling them an employment visa for BD1,000, promising that it is valid for two years, while it was only valid for one year. On May 14, 2019, the Public Prosecution accused the trio of premeditated murder and robbing the victim.