Dubai: A suspected group of human traffickers lured a jobless man to a flat, where they assaulted him before throwing him from the third floor because he cooperated with the police to have them busted.
The 30-year-old man, K.I., from Comoros Islands, was left paralysed after a group of seven Pakistani and Bangladeshi men beat him and then threw him from the balcony on October 11, 2011.
Prosecutors accused a 41-year-old Bangladeshi, M.R., [who was among the group of seven men] of attempting to kill K.I. with a sharp tool, then throwing him from the third floor of the building in Al Rifaa.
Swift medical intervention helped save the life of K.I.
According to the charge sheet, prosecutors charged M.R. and an unidentified number of suspects, who remain at large, with trying to murder the 30-year-old.
Records said the Bangladeshi and the runaways stabbed the victim in the head with a sharp tool before he fell unconscious. Then they threw him from the balcony.
Prosecution records cited K.I. alleging that they tried to kill him after he cooperated with Dubai Police’s anti-human trafficking department to bust the group of human traffickers.
“I knew a Bangladeshi person who washes cars… police asked me to help them arrest him because he was involved in a human trafficking ring and prostitution. M.R. and the others wanted to kill me because I helped the police arrest their friend,” stated the victim.
The 30-year-old testified that one of the men asked him to go up to the third floor.
“Once I stepped inside, a group of men attacked me. They assaulted me before M.R. and others showed up and also attacked me with a sharp tool… I lost consciousness. I woke up in bed in Rashid Hospital,” said the victim.
An Emirati policeman arrested M.R. in Hor Al Anz.
An Indian real estate agent testified that M.R. rented the flat from him and used to bring prostitutes to it.
The defendant was not present before the Dubai Court of First Instance on Tuesday where he was scheduled to be prosecuted for attempted murder. A verdict will be heard on October 29.
