PILGRIMS POISONED
AGED MOSLEM'S CRIME A TERM OF IMPRISONMENT CALCUTTA, February 25. Described as Karachi's Public Enemy No. 1 and as being allegedly responsible for the murder of 13 Moslem pilgrims en route to Mecca, Olimud Shah, an aged Moslem from the North-west Frontier, was sentenced at Karachi to 17 years' hard labour. It was alleged that Olimud Shah, pretending to be a priest, gave the pilgrims tea in which there was a deadly poison, afterwards throwing the bodies weighted with stones, into the sea. Three pilgrims who did not touch the tea informed the police, and Ohmud Shah was arrested.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19360227.2.57
Bibliographic details
Otago Daily Times, Issue 22816, 27 February 1936, Page 9
Word Count
101PILGRIMS POISONED Otago Daily Times, Issue 22816, 27 February 1936, Page 9
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Otago Daily Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in