Mumbai couple, acquitted in Qatar drug case, to reach back home tomorrow
After spending practically two years in jail, the Indian couple convicted for 10-years in a drug trafficking case in Qatar, would quickly return home after they have been acquitted of the costs, a Narcotics Control Bureau official stated on Tuesday.
Mohammad Shareeq and his spouse Oniba Kauser Shakeel Ahmed, who have been held with cannabis at Qatar airport on July 6, 2019 after touchdown there for his or her honeymoon journey, are anticipated to arrive at Mumbai airport in the early hours of Thursday, he stated.
The couple will arrive with their daughter who was born final yr in jail in the Middle East nation. After the couple was convicted, Oniba’s father Shakeel Ahmed had written to NCB Director General Rakesh Asthana on September 27, 2019, following which the company began a probe into the case.
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“In his letter, Qureshi had said his daughter and son in law were deceived in the garb of a honeymoon package by a woman named Tabassum Riyaz Qureshi and her associate Nizam Kara. An NCB probe found the couple was trapped by a drug running network infamous as the Kasargod syndicate,” he stated.
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) had then approached authorities in Qatar by way of diplomatic channels to convey back the couple, stated KPS Malhotra, the company’s deputy director.
The proof collected in India have been accepted by the Court of Cassation, Qatar’s highest court docket, after which the 2 have been acquitted.
“The couple is scheduled to take a flight from Doha Airport at 8.35 pm on Wednesday and will reach Mumbai around 2.25 am on Thursday,” he stated.
(With PTI Inputs)
