Deceived Five Indian women return home from Saudi Arabia
Deceived Five Indian women return home from Saudi Arabia
It is not something new that job aspirants for overseas job often become victims to the fake and gullible Recruitment Agencies.Although they get recruited and sent abroad they are unware of what is in store for them once they land abroad.
The recent case is of Five Indian women, who were allegedly deceived and sent to Saudi Arabia on the promise of a decent job and lucrative salary by recruiting agents.
The women, including those from Hyderabad city, came to work in different parts of Saudi Arabia. However, they found the working conditions and salary contrary to assurances given by middlemen back home in India.
Some of them allege that wages were not paid to them in addition to lengthy working hours.
The women approached the Indian Embassy in Riyadh who rescued and provided shelter for them in Riyadh and also in Dammam.
Unaware of the exit procedures in leaving the Kingdom, the women were desperate to return home to join their families. The obtaining exit visa is not easy owing to legal formalities. The embassy officials consistently pursued their case for the exit.
The distressed female workers were consoled by noted Indian woman activist and Embassy volunteer Manjulatha Manikuttan in Dammam with the help of the Indian Embassy.
Firdos Jahan, 50-year-old resident of Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh before boarding the flight narrates her story saying that they had a painful experience, and a nightmare until they reached the Embassy.
Jahan and other returning women hailed embassy officials. They also praised Manjulatha.
News input KV Raman
