Dubai: Three Bangladeshi men, charged with kidnapping their compatriot and beating him to repay them their visa money, pleaded not guilty when they appeared in court yesterday.
Prosecutors accused the Bangladeshi trio, 22-year-old S.S., 24-year-old B.M. and 25-year-old M.M., of kidnapping their compatriot carpenter, M.J., brutally beating and locking him in a flat in Dubai. Records said M.J. fooled one of his alleged abductors by asking to use the washroom and then phoned the police.
When the defendants appeared before the Dubai Court of First Instance, they pleaded innocent and strongly denied the accusations. Presiding Judge Mohammad Majid Mohammad adjourned the case until a lawyer is appointed to defend the suspects when the court reconvenes on June 2.
According to the charge sheet, prosecutors said the suspects and other unidentified Bangladeshi suspects kidnapped M.J. from Sharjah and locked him up in M.M.'s flat in Al Hamriya.
The carpenter testified that he was beaten and threatened if he didn't repay Dh4,500 to his abductors.
A Pakistani policeman confirmed the statement given by his colleague, a Sudanese first corporal regarding the case.
The trial continues.
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