KANZUL MAHARIFA FREED FROM FLOWER POT CRIME

Sri Lankan housemaid, Kanzul Maharifa has been freed, after been proved guilty of killing her Employers wife by smashing with a flower pot.

Sri Lankan housemaid Kanzul Maharifa was sentenced to death for killing her employer’s wife by the UAE Government under the ‘Sharya’ law. She was in jail since April 2006.Kanzul Maharifa is mother of 6 children. However as they had not sufficient evidence, that she committed the crime, hence the Sri Lankan Ambassador and the officials of the Foreign Ministry strongly intervened in to this matter.
After discussing this matter with the related officials of the UAE, they were not only able to release her but also were able to bring her back to Sri Lanka. This is a very strange incident as it is not easy to change a verdict given under the ‘Sharya’ law. The magnitude of the offence was purely because the incident had taken place within the employer’s residence.
The staff of the UAE embassy, together with all former Ambassadors and the present Ambassador Sarath Wijesinghe have to be hailed for their efforts to have Kanzul Maharifa freed.