Daijiworld Media Network - Kuwait
Kuwait, Jan 15: Shankar Poojary from Basrur from Udupi district, who was jailed in Kuwait for carrying banned drug last May, has been released, as per sources.
Shankar was working for a Kuwaiti company. He had visited his hometown last year for ten days. When he was returning to Kuwait, at the request of one of his colleagues, he had agreed to carry a parcel handed over to him by a person from Udupi. The person had requested to deliver the parcel to the mother-in-law of the sender, who he claimed, had been working there.
Once Poojary landed in Kuwait, the officials found a parcel containing tablets in his possession. During his questioning, he told them that he had brought it for being delivered to a woman working in that country. But his colleague who was instrumental in sending the parcel through him told the police that he had nothing to do with the parcel. And Shankar Poojary was detained and spent the days till he was released.
His wife Jyothi said in Basrur that she received a phone call from a businessman named Pushparaj from Kuwait regarding the release. She thanked all individuals and associations who helped in securing the release.
It is not known when Shankar will fly to India. He has valid visa till February 4.
More details are awaited.