leader of a vicious band of bootleggers who would bury their rivals alive, has been sentenced to death by a Dubai court.

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leader of a vicious band of bootleggers who would bury their rivals alive, has been sentenced to death by a Dubai court.
The penalty was handed down yesterday at Dubai Court of Instance, where the judge said the 24-year-old Indian was the key figure behind the “savage and brutal” murders.
The man’s gang - 11 other Indians and one Pakistani - were all jailed for life.
The case is the latest in the police’s ongoing battle against illegal alcohol sales, a trade that sees victims tortured, raped and murdered as gangs vie for control of lucrative patches.
In this case, the gang were all charged with two counts of murder after they buried two men alive in the desert near Jebel Ali. Five members had also been charged with raping the victims.
The gang were arrested after one of the victims was reported missing in January 2009. “They had swords, bars and knives. They claimed they were for protection against anyone who interfered in their business,” a CID officer told the court.

The CID officer continued: “Their leader said they were selling alcohol and that competition for turf was brutal in the area.”
The leader told police the two men were selling booze on his patch and, despite warn ings, they had refused to stop.
Finally, his gang went to their home and attacked them.
The ringleader added: “We dug a hole and buried them alive after some of the men raped them. It was a lesson to others not to encroach on our patch.” Medical reports showed the men choked to death inside their grave.
Judge Ahmad Saif, the head of Dubai Court of First Instance, said there was 1,214 cases of possessing and trad ing alcohol illegally in Dubai last year.
“The suspects are mainly Asian and they have usually escaped from their sponsors and are selling alcohol bec ause it’s a profitable business,” he said.
Last year, Jebel Ali Police Stat ion alone destroyed 36 tonnes of alcohol that it had seized from bootleggers in the area.