Jailed in UAE for popping banned painkiller, Indian workers seek mercy

Motam Lakshmi, whose husband was sentenced to 24 years in prison in Dubai for consuming banned painkiller Tramadol, pats her six-year-old son Siddharth to sleep at Thattepalli village in Jagtial, Telangana, India, Sept 30 2017.

Latika Pusula, wife of Srinu Pusula who is in a Dubai jail for carrying banned Tramadol medicine, cradles her son at Tadpakal village in Jagtial, Telangana, India, Sept 30, 2017.