A Dubai watchman who
tried to end his life by
drinking a carbonated
beverage in which he
mixed insecticide has
admitted that his wife’s sudden death had led
him to his second failed
suicide attempt within a
year. Prosecutors charged the
30-year-old Indian
national, with
attempting suicide by
consuming a soft drink
in which he had emptied a canister of insecticide.
The defendant, who
was also accused of
consuming liquor,
confessed to the
charges. “Yes I am guilty. I
mixed Pif Paf with my
Pepsi and drank it in an
attempt to end my life,”
he told the Dubai
Misdemeanour Court on Sunday. According to records,
the suspect’s wife died
two years ago and his
friends had earlier
intervened just in time
to prevent him from jumping off a building
in Bur Dubai in 2011. The charges sheet read
that the suspect shook
the insecticide canister
well to ensure he would
not survive the suicide
attempt. Swift medical intervention was his
saving grace as he spent
nearly two months in
hospital. The suspect told
prosecutors that he
decided to end his life
because couldn’t stop
thinking of his wife and
was unable to get over her death. “I drank liquor every
time I felt low and
memories of my wife
returned. On the day of
the incident, I was
feeling very unhappy and miserable. I drank
whisky before I
purchased the Pif Paf
and bottle of Pepsi. Then
I mixed both bottles
and drank it till the last drop. Shortly after that
I started vomiting… I
vomited until I fell
unconscious. No one
encouraged me to
commit suicide… and that was my second
time. A year ago my
friends stopped me
from jumping off the
roof,” he said. An Emirati policeman
testified that the
defendant was in a
stable condition when
he questioned him in his
hospital bed. “He admitted to me that he
constantly thinks of his
late wife. He also
confessed that he failed
to commit suicide
earlier,” the policeman said. Presiding Judge Abdul
Aziz Mohammad will
hear the defence counsel
on December 17.