After a Sharjah Appeal Court today waived their death sentence in the Mishri Khan murder case, 17 Indian boys, 16 from Punjab and one from Haryana, are set to reunite with their families back home early next week.
Mishri Khan from Pakistan was killed in a clash between two groups of workers involved in bootlegging in Sharjah in 2009. Early last year, all 17 Indian boys were sentenced to death for murdering Mishri Khan.
“It is a very happy occasion for me and all those who have supported the cause of these boys,” said a jubilant SP Singh Oberoi, a Dubai-based businessman, who was instrumental in helping the youths is escaping the gallows. He paid a major share of the blood money to Mishri Khan’s family. Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh also chipped in both with financial and moral support.
The boys to be released from the Sharjah jail are Sukhjinder Singh of Patti, Sukhjot Singh of Sanghera, Ram Singh of Kanvi, Amritsar, Arvinder Singh of Ghokulwada, Gurdaspur, Baljeet Singh of Sangwal in Jalandhar, Daljeet Singh of Aitiana in Ludhiana, Dharampal Singh of Jhoke Tehal Singhwala in Ferozepur, Satgur Singh of Khanaur Jattan in Sangrur, Satnam Singh of Koolikalan in Ludhiana, Kashmir Singh of Rattu Ke in Tarn Taran, Suban Singh of Lohian Khas in Kapurthala, Kulwinder Singh of Bansipura in Ludhiana, Kuldeep Singh of Kukrana in Moga, Sukhinder Singh of Nikki Miani in Kapurthala, Namjyot Singh of Raikot in Ludhiana, Harjinder Singh of Phagwara and Taranjit Singh of Kaithal, Haryana.
