Indian arrested for illegal stay in Bahrain

DUBAI: An Indian was arrested for staying in Bahrain illegally for four years after arriving in the Gulf country on transit.

"The defendant, who works as a house painter, was reported to the police after one of his employees complained to the police that he had failed to pay him his money," a Public Prosecution spokesman said.

After being interrogated, the accused claimed that he had arrived in Bahrain four years ago on transit from India and stayed at a hotel.

"He then met some friends here, who he spent the night with. Apparently he lost his way to the hotel where he claimed that he had left his passport and other official documents, the spokesman was quoted as saying in Gulf Daily News.