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SAUDI ARABIA: TWO INDIAN NATIONALS BEHEADED FOR MURDER
April 17, 2019: Two Indian nationals on 28 February 2019 were beheaded by authorities in Saudi Arabia for murdering a fellow Indian, India's Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has confirmed. Satwinder Kumar, who was from Hoshiarpur and Harjeet Singh of Ludhiana were awarded capital punishment for killing Arif Imamuddin. Satwinder and Harjeet were arrested on December 9, 2015, on charges of murdering Imamuddin. According to Saudi authorities, Satwinder and Harjeet killed Imamuddin after a fight over distribution of some money they had looted. (Sources: latestly.com, 17/04/2019)
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