Sketchy details of how the young Indian man who was attacked in a labour lodging in Al Sailiya on Saturday midnight and died have come to light, and they reflect the state of affairs at some labour camps.
The deceased, Shameer, had been to the labour camp with his elder brother, Saleem, a little after midnight on Saturday to enquire about a distant relative, Jaffer, who stayed there.
The camp is managed by an Indian from the southern state of Kerala, who is said to be in manpower recruitment business.
The brothers as well as Jaffer who worked as a driver for the camp, all hail from Kerala.
Jaffer was brought to Qatar by Shameer, who was a heavy vehicle driver for a company.
Shameer had come to know earlier on Saturday, which was an Eid holiday, that Jaffer had a tiff with some Asians staying in the camp.
So he asked his brother, Saleem, to take him to the camp in his car. When they reached the camp it was a little after midnight.
Shameer’s intention was to find out what had gone wrong with Jaffer whom he knew closely and had brought him from his home town.
When the brothers reached the camp, while Saleem was parking his car outside, Shameer got down and rushed inside the camp.
A few minutes later when Saleem followed Shameer and barged into a room he was supposed to have entered, he found him (Shameer) lying injured on the floor.
Horrified, he saw a group of Asians in the room who he suspected were drunk as he could see some liquor bottles there and some knives.
Saleem didn’t take time to realise that his brother was attacked — but fatally, he apparently didn’t know.
He gathered himself and somehow managed to take his brother out without being attacked by the group.
He put an injured Shameer in the car with the help of another Keralite from the camp and drove to the emergency unit of Hamad Medical Corporation.
And just as they were rushing to make sure Shameer was provided with emergency medical care in time, they called in police and paramedics for help.
The ambulance met them on the way and took Shameer in and rushed.
But he succumbed to injuries on the way to hospital.
It is not known if Shameer died while he was in the car with his brother or after he was transferred to the ambulance. According to reliable community sources, Shameer had suffered two major injuries allegedly after being stabbed — one in one of his hands and the other, the deeper one, on the ribs that is suspected to have proved fatal.
While the ambulance rushed with Shameer to the hospital, the police made their way to the labour camp where the horrendous incident was reported to have happened. The entire group of the Asians who had allegedly attacked Shameer was still there and they were understandably taken into custody. According to sources, not all in the group stayed in that labour camp. Some were guests and had joined them for revelry on a holiday. Shameer’s body will be flown home after the necessary formalities are complete. Shameer was here for over five years.
Source:The Peninsula
