<br/>The Indian Consulate in Dubai has sought consular access to 17 Indians who have been sentenced to death by Sharjah's Shariah court for killing a Pakistani man and injuring three others last year. The mission said in a statement that the Consulate is seeking more details, including a copy of the judgement. <br/><br/>Even Minister of Indian Overseas Affairs Vayalar Ravi, reacting to the verdict, has said, the Indian Consulate has been asked to move fast for helping those people to appeal. The Shariah court sentenced the 17 convicted Indian labourers to death after all evidence, including DNA tests,<br/><br/>showed that they had knifed the Pakistani to death in January last year during a fight over the control of illegal liquor business in Al Sajaa area of Sharjah, one of UAE's emirates. According to the United Arab Emirates' laws, the convicted workers can move in appeal within 15 days of the verdict. <br/><br/>Meanwhile, the Indian Community Welfare Committee in Dubai and Indian Association Sharjah has said they would step up anti-alcohol awareness campaigns in labour camps, following recent bootlegging violence.