Deccan Chronicle

PUNJABI LADY STRANDED IN KSA, RECORDS ORDEAL

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A 55-year-old woman, who was cheated in Dubai, has sought shelter in the Indian mission in the UAE. She went to the GCC country from Mumbai.

The victim, who went to Dubai to work as a housemaid, was made a partner to a Limited Liability Company (LLC) without her knowledge. She came to know about the partnershi­p when she decided to visit to India to visit her ailing father.

Prathibha Prakash Rao from Mumbai went to Dubai in 2015 on a visit visa to work as a housemaid. She became jobless when her employers got divorced and separated.

Later, she tried to get back her passport to come back to India. As per the address given by the agent, she visited Nargees Banu Technical Services LLC and asked for the passport.

“Though I explained the health condition of my A video on social media by a Punjabi woman, who is stranded in Saudi Arabia, has gone viral. She has sought help to come back to India.

Narrating her ordeal, she said that she came to Saudi Arabia last year. “Please bring me out from the hell. Pleas help me. I am cheated here. I didn’t expect it. I visited the Saudi police many times and they are sending me back to my employer’s house. I am detained in a room and beaten up badly.”

She said in the video father, they did not consider my request. I was cheated and my visa was converted from visit visa to an investor’s visa with- that she is married and has children in Punjab. “My mother’s health is not good. For the medical expanses of my mother and for education of my children, I came to Saudi,” she said.

With the help of a nurse from Kerala who is working in Saudi, she recorded the video. out my knowledge,” Ms Prathibha said.

The victim is under protection of the Indian mission in the UAE.

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