Daijiworld Media Network - Kundapur (SP)
Kundapur, Jan 18: It is said that Shankar Poojary from Margoli Kalanje, Basrur in the taluk, who had been arrested in Kuwait seven months ago, was caught not because of the banned substance in the tablets carried by him, but because of excessive quantity. He has been found innocent and hence released from jail.
Shankar's release was secured with the efforts of his wife, Jyothi, Kuwait-based entrepreneur, Pushparaj, Karnataka Rakshana Vedike district president, Mohammed Ansar, Udupi district administration, Human Rights Protection Foundation, and Billawa Sangha.
When Shankar was returning after a two-month stay at his native place in June last year, at the request of his colleague, he had taken with him a parcel containing pain killer tabletls handed to him by a person from Udupi for being handed over to a person at Kuwait. Jyothi said that her husband ha not taken tablets containing banned substance, but the police found him to be in possession of over 600 tablets although the doctor's prescription was for only 30 tablets.
Pushparaj from Moodbidri who runs business in Kuwait, who read the news about Shankar in the media, contacted his brother at Moodbidri and pledged help to secure release of Shankar. He also arranged for advocate on behalf of Shankar at Kuwait.
The couple, who lived in a thatched hut, had dreamt of building a house. However, the construction of the house was stalled after it was started as Shankar was arrested. Jyothi had a hard time managing her and her two children without any income for seven months. Jyothi says that she got information from Pushparaj that her husband would be released in two days after completing prison formalities. She said it is left to her husband to either live here or return to Kuwait. She insisted that her husband was innocent and was not at fault.