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The head of a business empire based in Abu Dhabi was attacked by a posse of policemen in civil dress at his office; robbed of cash and valuables to force him to withdraw a lawsuit against a property owner. He sought intervention from the police. The police did come, but instead of helping him, he was shackled and literally dragged out of the office and on through the street in the presence of known friends and bystanders. He was confined to a detention center and brutally tortured and later taken to central prison. It took six months thereafter, for the person to have his first appearance in Court

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uae_corruptionA case was charged against him, quote “Using force against Government employee and assault” unquote. The Judges of both the Trial Court and the Apex Court of Abu Dhabi found that the person was innocent; ‘a martyr’. The case was wholly false, baseless and that it was fabricated by the police for personal gain. Court observed the policeman’s disclaim from his complaint only magnified his notoriety. It further reiterated the condemnation of prosecutor. The Court, therefore, ordered to restore the victim’s dignity, and compensate him for all his losses while pronouncing this ‘Judgment’

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Despite both the Courts declaring him to be innocent and directing the authorities to compensate the businessman for all his losses and restore his dignity, the Abu Dhabi authority treated him in a manner that was extremely ‘libelous’ – by ‘false statement of facts as if the victim was punished for a crime’ and deported the businessman back to India. He endeavoured to seek justice through the Indian courts. ‘The Ministry of External Affairs, India, is yet to give permission to file a suit against the UAE, as directed by the High Court of Delhi, India Read more at: Judgment for sale!

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