Udupi: Kodikanyana native Abdul Azeed (near Brahmavara) was languishing in a jail in Saudi Arabia for 2 years for wrong reasons and much to the relief of his friends and family, it is learnt now that he has been released. Azeed himself telephoned his family in Udupi taluk on Monday, August 22, to say that he had been released and was staying with a relative.
Azeed was a tanker-driver in Saudi Arabia after his marriage here, but got involved in an accident there. The axle blade of his vehicle broke on a fateful day and a car from behind hit the tanker and covered up in flames killing two passengers inside the car. Azeed was jailed for the accident, due to snapping of axle blade and was asked to pay Rs.25 lakh or face jail sentence.
Azeed had to remain in jail for 2 years, before his innocence was proved.