Amal and Nadeemal to be produced before Dubai Courts today

Singer Amal Perera and his son Nadeemal, who are in Bur Dubai custody with the notorious underworld criminal and drug dealer Makandure Madush, will be produced before the Dubai Courts today, Attorney-at-law Udul Premaratne said.

Amal Perera

Nadeemal Perera

According to unconfirmed sources, Premaratne told the Daily FT, the two artists, and 13 others who had flown to Dubai on visitor visas to attend the party, have been transferred to the Central Jail of Dubai to produce them before Courts today.

“When I met Amal in the Bur Dubai Police custody last week, he said that they would be produced before courts on 27 February, but the Police didn’t produce him yesterday,» said Premaratne, who was at the Bur Dubai Police station yesterday.

Amal and his son Nadeemal, who went to perform at Madush’s six-year-old son’s birthday party, held at the Al Marina Resort and Spa, were arrested by the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Bur Dubai Police on a tipoff.

The Bur Dubai Police had also arrested 31 persons, including two singers, actor Ryan Van Rooyen, notorious underworld criminal Madush, and other noted underworld criminals, at the party on 5 February.

The Police sources said that the most-wanted underworld criminal and drug smuggler, who is in the Interpol Blue Notice list, had fled the country on fake travel documents, and was living in Dubai under the fake name of Ajith Avanka Wickramasinghe.  

According to Premaratne, all drug offences, including consuming drugs, are categorised as serious criminal offenses under Dubai law, and the suspects could be held in custody for months without producing before courts.

He said that Amal and Nadeemal were expected to get release or deportation orders, proving that they only took part in the party as artists.

Earlier, Premaratne, who represents the two artists, had produced their YouTube videos to the Protocol Officer in the Bur Dubai Police Station, to prove they are not drug dealers but popular artists in Sri Lanka.

“They will definitely be produced before courts today,” he said. (SS)