DUBAI // A man arrived on a FlyDubai flight with his life savings of more than Dh1 million in three envelopes – only to find one of them was missing from his bag.
The Indian, 36, had Dh286,522 worth of Saudi riyals in the missing envelope, from the Dh1,078,000 he was carrying.
“I arrived on October 5 last year from Saudi Arabia and had my money arranged in three envelopes placed in two bags,” he told Dubai Criminal Court.
He saw that one of them had been tampered with and found that the envelope was gone.
Police connected two baggage handlers – a Bangladeshi, 28, and a Ghanaian, 29 – to the crime.
The Bangladeshi left the country hours after the incident, taking a flight early on October 6.
The Ghanaian told police that he saw the Bangladeshi open the bag, pull out an envelope and hide it his clothes.
He was charged with failing to report the incident while the Bangladeshi defendant, who remains at large, is charged with theft.
A verdict is expected on November 28.
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FIXTURES
All kick-off times UAE ( 4 GMT)
Friday
Sevilla v Levante (midnight)
Saturday
Athletic Bilbao v Real Sociedad (7.15pm)
Eibar v Valencia (9.30pm)
Atletico Madrid v Alaves (11.45pm)
Sunday
Girona v Getafe (3pm)
Celta Vigo v Villarreal (7.15pm)
Las Palmas v Espanyol (9.30pm)
Barcelona v Deportivo la Coruna (11.45pm)
Monday
Malaga v Real Betis (midnight)
Five hymns the crowds can join in
Papal Mass will begin at 10.30am at the Zayed Sports City Stadium on Tuesday
Some 17 hymns will be sung by a 120-strong UAE choir
Five hymns will be rehearsed with crowds on Tuesday morning before the Pope arrives at stadium
‘Christ be our Light’ as the entrance song
‘All that I am’ for the offertory or during the symbolic offering of gifts at the altar
‘Make me a Channel of your Peace’ and ‘Soul of my Saviour’ for the communion
‘Tell out my Soul’ as the final hymn after the blessings from the Pope
The choir will also sing the hymn ‘Legions of Heaven’ in Arabic as ‘Assakiroo Sama’
There are 15 Arabic speakers from Syria, Lebanon and Jordan in the choir that comprises residents from the Philippines, India, France, Italy, America, Netherlands, Armenia and Indonesia
The choir will be accompanied by a brass ensemble and an organ
They will practice for the first time at the stadium on the eve of the public mass on Monday evening
