MURDERS IN KUWAIT, CBI ARRESTS INDIAN NATIONAL

  • 05/05/2022

Kuwait City: The CBI has apprehended an Indian national suspected of murdering two people in Kuwait. The Indian national murdered his boss and his wife. Following a request from Kuwaiti authorities to extradite accused Santosh Kumar Rana, the case was registered in December 2016 on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' directions. Santosh is accused of murdering an employer, Fahad bin Nasser Ibrahim, and his wife, Salamah Faraj Salim, when they were employed as domestic employees. 


“As per the allegation, the victims were holding the accused person’s passport to prevent his leaving them and also forced him to undergo circumcision surgery against his religious belief. After the murder, he is alleged to have retrieved his passport by ‘intentionally’ destroying the safe owned by the victims….,” said the FIR. 

Under Article 5 of the extradition treaty between the two countries, nationals of either country will not be extradited. However, the accused will be subjected to local prosecution for the said offence.

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