Dubai:
Apparently miffed over delays in hearing of his case, an Indian man, facing human trafficking charges, tried to strangle himself with a scarf in a court here after judge adjourned the case for April 12.
The accused, who is in his 40's and referred to as K K, mumbled something in Hindi while addressing the translator of the Dubai Court of First Instance immediately after the judge adjourned his case until April 12 because four witnesses had failed to appear in the court on Thursday.
He was then seen desperately attempting to strangle himself by pulling both sides of his scarf around his neck.
Jail guards and policemen, who were near K K, and two other Indians co-accused in the dock swiftly intervened and foiled his suicide attempt after a policewoman shouted "stop him" from the end of courtroom four.
Two jail guards took K K back to detention centre after they untied the scarf and took it away from him. It is believed that K K attempted to kill himself to express his desperation with the delay in court proceedings.
K K, believed to be an Indian farmer, who along with two other men is facing charges of human trafficking related to three Bangladeshi women.
The trio are also accused of rape, using the women as prostitutes and assaulting them.