DUBAI // A farm worker had a heart attack and died after fighting with a colleague over the use of a water pump, a court heard today.
Maad Alam Paras and his fellow Bangladeshi labourer MD, 22, came to blows after Mr Paras turned off the water pump in the farm where the pair worked. Each man used a tool to hit the other on the head and each sustained heavy bleeding before the fight ended. But minutes later Mr Paras fell to the ground and suffered a fatal heart attack.
Prosecutors said the fight broke out at the farm in Hatta at about 4pm on November 29 last year.
After Mr Paras fell to the ground, he began searching for his medicine, as he suffered from a heart disease. His fellow labourer then called the farm's owner, an Emirati, who called an ambulance.
When the owner arrived at the scene of the fight he found Mr Paras writhing around on the ground, struggling to breathe, so decided to drive Mr Paras to the nearest clinic, where medics tried to resuscitate him. He was transferred to a hospital but was declared dead upon arrival.
A forensics exam concluded that the injuries Mr Paras suffered in the fight were not fatal, but that the heart attack was brought on by anxiety caused by the fight.
The surviving worker was charged with assault that lead to death. He denied the charge at the Criminal Court, saying: "I didn't mean to kill him, he assaulted me too. I was the one who got beaten."
A verdict is expected on May 27.
salamir@thenational.ae
