Probe is underway as police arrest Kuwaiti in B’deshi stabbing, death

Sabah Al-Ahmad residents fear another flood

By Munaif Nayef

Al-Seyassah Staff and

KUWAIT CITY, Nov 24: Four days after the corpse of a Bangladeshi taxi driver was found on a street in Jabriya area, a Kuwaiti citizen in his 30s was arrested for allegedly murdering the victim.

According to a press statement issued by the General Department of Public Affairs and Security Media of Ministry of Interior, investigations resulted in the identification and subsequent arrest of the assailant - a Kuwaiti man in his 30s - who had stabbed the taxi driver, stole his car, and later attempted to burn it.

Four days ago, the Operation Room of Ministry of Interior had received information about the corpse with several stab wounds on his chest found in an open yard in Jabriya area. Immediately, securitymen rushed to the scene and examined the body.

Initial investigation indicated that the body was of an unidentified person, and was soaked in blood. A team of detectives was formed to investigate the case with the help of eye witnesses who had seen an unknown person dumping the body from a taxi before fleeing from the scene.

Eventually, the stolen taxi was found in Rawda area where the suspect had attempted to burn it in order to hide his tracks. However, the officers managed to identify him and later raided his house in Jabriya area.

The suspect admitted to stabbing the victim and stealing his taxi as well as attempting to burn it in order to destroy all evidences.

Another flood feared:

Residents of Sabah Al-Ahmad City are yet to recover from the shock they suffered due to the torrential rains witnessed in the country last week. But they now find themselves putting their hands on their hearts out of fear due to the weather forecast issued by the expert Kuwaiti astronomer Essa Ramadan who declared that heavy downpours can be expected in Kuwait in the next few days, reports Al-Rai daily.

According to Turki Al-Osaimi, the last rainstorm exposed the low quality of infrastructural work in Sabah Al-Ahmad City and the negligence of government agencies in terms of supervision. This happened despite prior warnings from ministers and lawmakers, but they did not heed to them until the deed was done.

He said, “The problem is that water is overflowing from the drainage systems and flooding the roads and roundabouts. In addition, there is lack of insulation for the infrastructural services due to effeteness of the contractors and bad supervision”.

Meanwhile, a member of the city’s residents volunteering committee Mubarak Al-Muzeini demanded phasing out of ‘swamps’ in the drainage systems with pipes that are ten kilometers long away from the city.

He said the pipe should be directed towards the station in order to avoid future spillovers similar to those seen during the wave of rainstorm, as well as foul odor and insects. Al-Muzeini stressed, “We had discussed this issue with the Minister of Public Works when he visited us in February”.

Encroachments

removed:

Department of Violations Removal at Farwaniya Municipality removed 32 encroachments on state properties

By Abdulnasser Al-Aslami

Several bloggers have highlighted the worsening situation in Block Three, Hassawi stating the area is full of sewage swamps and large quantity of waste.

One of the bloggers, Essam Al-Muzen, uploaded a video clip to show unhygienic situation. He said: “This scene is not in India, it is in Kuwait – the country with

and issued 80 warnings during a campaign, reports Al-Seyassah daily.

Head of the department Khalid AlRadha’an said in a press release that the campaign targeted encroachments on state properties that obstruct accomplishment of projects.

He called upon citizens and residents to abide by the relevant regulations and obtain necessary licenses before occupying spaces outside the boundaries of their buildings.

9 beggars nabbed:

Personnel from the Residence Affairs Department, in cooperation with the Capital Governorate Security Directorate continued their campaigns for the second successive day and arrested nine persons for begging for alms in downtown Kuwaiti City in Mubarakiya including

women, men and children and referred them to the authorities, reports Al-Anba daily. According to sources all the arrested men will be deported from the country.

Drugs with Egyptian:

Customs officers at the Kuwait International Airport have arrested an unidentified Egyptian man for attempting to smuggle Tramadol pills and hashish into the country, reports Al-Rai daily.

The man arrived from Alexandria and the contraband was found hidden inside his baggage. He has been handed over to the General Department for Drugs Control.

Professional burglar:

The Taima police have arrested what the security authorities said a professional burglar

who specialized in breaking into cars parked in front of a café inside the Jahra Industrial Area, reports Al-Rai daily.

Earlier it was reported several regular customers of the café had expressed their resentment because their cars were being broken into almost every day. One of the Kuwaitis, whose car was robbed sought the help of nearby shops and requested to see the CCTV footage to identify the culprit.

To his surprise, the Kuwaiti discovered the thief was none other than a regular customer of the café who greeted him whenever he sees him and also offered to pay for his orders.

The citizen then filed a complaint and gave police the CCTV footage which helped police arrest the man.

During interrogation, he admitted to committing many crimes.