A lower court in Abu Dhabi in UAE has sentenced Rai, a Nepali migrant worker, to death for his involvement in the murder of a Pakistani national.

Rai, 23, of Matshyapokhari in Sankhusabha district, was handed death sentence on July 5, 2013. He was arrested and jailed since October 25, 2012 after a Pakistani national with whom he had a fight in a restaurant died later. He had gone to UAE to work as a domestic helper two years back.

Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities (NEFIN), Kirat Rai Yayokkha, Poor and Orphan Children Protection Fund, Nepali Sampraka Samiti, Sankhuwasabha Sampraka Pariwar, NRNA, Solukhumbu Sampraka Samiti, among other 20 organisations, handed over the sum of Rs 20,50,000 to NRNA advisor and 'Save Anish Campaign' coordinator Manoj Kumar Dangi amid press conference in Seoul on Sunday.

Around 800 individuals have supported in the campaign and the collected sum of money is the highest amount that has even ever been collected from Korea in a collective manner.

The sum was handed over in the presence of Nepali Ambassador to South Korea, Kaman Singh Lama. Campaign coordinator Dangi is due to leave for Nepal on Tuesday to hand over the collected money.

Earlier, Rs 2, 10,000 collected by Arun Shrestha was handed over to Rai's wife by Sarita Shrestha on February 10.

The 'Save Anish Campaign' was initiated jointly by Manoj Kumar Dangi, Arun Shrestha, Buddha Gautam and Kalpana Rai from January. Other organisations joined in the campaign later on and started collecting money for the cause.