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Indian prisoners in Dubai refuse to be transferred to Indian jails, call them ‘hell’ | A 76-year old prisoner, Vinayak, who is in a Dubai jail on drug charges, has said that he doesn't want to go to India to serve his remaining term because prisons there are like 'hell'. According to Gulf News, Vinayak is among the scores of prisoners who may be given
a chance to serve their remaining prison terms back in India . The UAE and India
are on the verge of finalising an agreement in which thousands of Indian prisoners
here will be able to serve their terms back in Indian jails. The response to this
has been lukewarm as Indian prisoners in the UAE said they prefer to serve their
jail sentence in Dubai and not in India , even though they would be near their
families. Vinayak is among five prisoners convicted of drug charges by a Dubai
court and serving life terms in the country’s central jail. They have been in
jail for 12 years now. “I cannot go to Indian jails at this age, here they treat
me well. The jail is clean and I am given health care," he said. Vinayak’s 82-year-old
sister, he says, has repeatedly asked the Indian embassy to help him, but the
only response they received was: wait. Another Gujarati prisoner and Vinayak’s
accomplice, 45-year-old Y.G., has said that he has been in jail from 1998 for
dealing in drugs. "I am one of five prisoners who are here for many years after
being convicted in a drug related case, I prefer to finish my jail term in the
UAE despite the fact that my partners and I were not included in two pardons but
I still have faith in the generosity of people here," he said. He said he doesn’t
want to be in Indian jail because his family approached the Indian authorities
several times for help but got no response. |
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