22 YEAR OLD INDIAN AWAITS DEATH IN KUWAIT JAIL

was reported that Shoukath, a 22-year-old Indian from the state of Kerala, was on death row in Kerala after surviving a suicide pact with a Nepali girl he had a love affair with. Shoukath had been imprisoned since December 2005. However, he had only recently been sentenced to death, the report stated. Shoukath had gone to Kuwait on January 8, 2005. After working in many shops he eventually got a job in a restaurant. He fell in love with a Nepali girl, Yamuna, who was working as a maid in a nearby house. The duo decided to commit suicide after the families opposed the marriage, on December 13, 2005.
"Both of them hanged themselves and my brother failed in the attempt as the fan came down with him. People hearing the commotion rushed in and prevented him from making further attempts," said Noushad. But the girl died and Shoukath was arrested. There are, however, reports that Shoukath had told police that he had strangled Yamuna to death as agreed between them.
His suicide was to be the second part of the scheme, which failed, he had reportedly said.