Victim’s relatives want “diya and death” of killers

An Abu Dhabi criminal court trying 16 Indians and one Pakistani on charges of murdering their Pakistani colleague on Sunday adjourned hearings to June after the victim’s split relatives demanded both diya (blood money) and execution of the killers, the press reported on Monday.

The victim’s father said he refused diya and called for death punishment against the killers while the rest of the family wanted diya but demanded more money on the grounds the number of convicts is large.

“The judge then made clear that under Islamic law, relatives of the victim must choose either pardon and diya or death punishment….he asked the relatives to reach agreement and adjourned hearings to June 17,” the Arabic language daily Alkhaleej said.

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