‘Dead’ TS woman, kin return home from KSA HARASSED TS MAN RETURNS FROM SAUDI AFTER A YEAR

A woman, Masarath Begum of Nawab Sahab Kunta, in Falaknuma who was reportedly dead after being allegedly tortured by her Saudi employer, returned to the city along with her daughter, Ayesha Siddiqua.

The mother-daughter duo had left for Saudi Arabia to work as housemaids after being lured by agents from Vattepally in Falaknuma.

In October, pictures of the woman on a ventilator went viral. With her health condition unclear, the family members presumed she was dead and approached the police. Her mother, Sogra Begum, received a text saying that they should pay `80,000 to get back Masarath Begum. “The police called up the agents and told us that she is alive,” said Ms Sogra Begum.

However, a few days ago, Masarath Begum returned to India from Riyadh with the help of the police and a few persons in Saudi Arabia. Syed Sadeq, a resident of Tallabkatta in Old City, who was confined by his Saudi employer, returned to the city after his case was taken up by the Indian embassy in Saudi Arabia and Golden Telangana Welfare Association (GTWA), a social organisation working in the Gulf countries.

Mr Sadeq went to Saudi Arabia last year after paying `1 lakh to an agent in Attapur. He was reportedly promised a job of a helper. But his employer forced him to take care of camels.

“I was brutally beaten up twice by my employer. He did not provide me food and water. He was bothered only about the well being of camels,” he said.

The picture of Mr Sadeq in inhumane condition, caught public attention following which his family took the matter with external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj, who directed the Indian Embassy in Saudi Arabia to look into the case immediately.

After several rounds of talks, the employer released him. A three-member family including a 34-year-old woman and her two children aged below 14 years have gone missing from their home in Medchal. Police said Sudha Baishnav along with her kids left home to travel to Madhya Pradesh, but they did not reach there.

According to police, Parameshwar Baishnav, hailing from Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh, had migrated