Student body found.
A Sri Lankan has been sentenced to death by a court in Doha after he was found guilty of killing an Indian.
Wengadasalm Sudeshkar (22) was charged with stabbing and killing an Indian expatriate. The incident occurred in 2011.
Sudeshkar came to Qatar in 2010. The case is in appeal and a higher court is hearing it.
The court case here has generated media interest in Sri Lanka, the home country of the accused. According to a media report, the family of the victim is ready for a negotiated settlement to the case and has demanded more than QR100,000 as blood money.
However, as per Qatar’s laws if the murder was in cold blood and pre-mediated, no out-of-court settlement is permitted. Such settlements are allowed only in deaths caused accidentally.
The Sri Lankan embassy in Qatar, when contacted, said it was yet to be officially informed about the court judgment.
“We are aware about the verdict but haven’t received any official communication in this regard,” a senior embassy official said on grounds of anonymity.
Embassy officials were, meanwhile, quoted by the Sri Lankan media as saying that details of the case had been forwarded to the external affairs ministry in Colombo and that the ministry was taking steps to get Sudeshkar released. (The Peninsula)
Monday , 14 January 2013
Student aged 16 identified as C.Umashankar went missing after he went to have a dip at the Keerimalai Senthanpond locality sea yesterday morning. He is a resident of Maagiyapitti was found as corpse.
Two students from Alawetti Arunodya College studying in the G.C.E Ordinary level was bathing in the sea had been pulled by current.
One was rescued but the other was not able to rescue until night on Saturday.
In this situation the missing students was found as corpse 200 meters distance away from the coast by the fishermen.
Sri Lankan sentenced to death in Doha
A Sri Lankan has been sentenced to death by a court in Doha after he was found guilty of killing an Indian.Wengadasalm Sudeshkar (22) was charged with stabbing and killing an Indian expatriate. The incident occurred in 2011.
Sudeshkar came to Qatar in 2010. The case is in appeal and a higher court is hearing it.
The court case here has generated media interest in Sri Lanka, the home country of the accused. According to a media report, the family of the victim is ready for a negotiated settlement to the case and has demanded more than QR100,000 as blood money.
However, as per Qatar’s laws if the murder was in cold blood and pre-mediated, no out-of-court settlement is permitted. Such settlements are allowed only in deaths caused accidentally.
The Sri Lankan embassy in Qatar, when contacted, said it was yet to be officially informed about the court judgment.
“We are aware about the verdict but haven’t received any official communication in this regard,” a senior embassy official said on grounds of anonymity.
Embassy officials were, meanwhile, quoted by the Sri Lankan media as saying that details of the case had been forwarded to the external affairs ministry in Colombo and that the ministry was taking steps to get Sudeshkar released. (The Peninsula)
