45-years old Indian national Becks Kirshnan, who was freed after spending nearly nine years on a death row in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in lieu of blood money paid by an NRI businessman, reached Kerala late Wednesday and said his release gave him a “second life”.
His wife and son were at the Cochin International Airport to receive him.
“For me, it is a second life. Never thought I could meet my family again,” emotional Becks told the media.
He was sentenced to death (execution by a firing squad) by UAE’s Supreme Court in 2013 after he rammed his car into a group of children in Abu Dhabi in September 2012, killing a six-year old Sudanese boy. He was charged with dangerous driving and murder after examining CCTV visuals and testimonies of witnesses.
Krishnan, who used to…
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