Six women offer to sell kidneys for 'blood money'
Tuesday November 13, 2012 01:12:31 PM,
IANS
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Hyderabad: Six poor
women in Andhra Pradesh have sought the State Human Rights
Commission's (SHRC) nod to sell their kidneys to raise 'blood
money' for the release of their husbands jailed in Dubai.
The women from Karimnagar district petitioned the SHRC that they
be permitted to sell their kidneys as they were not in a position
to pay the money to secure the freedom of their husbands.
The SHRC Monday issued notices to the principal secretary, the NRI
cell in the general administration department and the Protector of
Immigrants of the ministry of overseas Indian affairs to submit
reports by Jan 17.
The six construction workers, convicted for the murder of a Nepali
guard, have been serving sentences in Dubai jail for seven years.
Shivarathri Mallesh, S. Ravi, Nampelli Venkati, D. Laxman, S.
Hanumanthu and Syed Kareem hailed from different villages in
Karimnagar district.
Five of them were sentenced for 24 years and one for 10 years.
Their wives, however, believe that they were innocent but did not
get legal aid.
Quoting the Shariat law of Dubai, they said in their petition that
the kin of the dead person may pardon the accused on receipt of
compensation known as 'blood money'.
According to them, the wife of the Nepali guard had agreed to
condone the crime if she was paid Rs.15 lakh. She made the offer
after the Indian consulate in Dubai held negotiations with her.
The petitioners said since they were not in a position to arrange
such a huge amount and their requests to the state and the central
governments for help evoked no response, they be permitted to sell
their kidneys.
They also brought to the notice of the commission that Kerala and
Punjab governments along with some philanthropists extended
financial assistance in similar cases.
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