The move follows a Gulf News report that highlighted the plight of the safety officer and civil engineer who have been mired in the case since the worksite accident in January 2017. In the report published in December, Shaney Haider, 45, from Uttar Pradesh and B. Bharathiraja, 33, from Tamil Nadu had appealed for mercy or help to pay Dh200,000 in diya (blood money) to the family of Utpal Mallick from West Bengal, who was 42 when he accidentally fell to his death while constructing a villa. Despite getting a pardon from the family of the deceased following an out-of-court settlement, the duo had said that they could not get the pardon legally validated as Mallick’s daughter was still a minor. The company for which they worked was already in trouble when the unfortunate incident took place and had eventually shut down, giving them no scope for settling the huge amount from their salaries.