Stuck in Gulf, woman shares plight in video

Rahon resident and her daughter had gone to work in Malaysia, from where travel agents sent them to Saudi Arabia

A woman,40, and her daughter,23, of Rahon town, 9km from the district headquarters, allegedly duped by travel agents, sent a video to their family, requesting to be rescued, on Sunday.

The woman Gurbaksh Kaur and her daughter Reena Kaur had gone to work in Malaysia but got stuck in Saudi Arabia. The victims have also sought Union external affairs ministry’s help to save them .

As per the video, Kaur has revealed that the duo are in a miserable condition. Kaur’s family has also sought help for the ministry in a separate video message.

Gurbaksh’s husband Gurmel Ram,49, of Garhi Fateh Khan said, “We have been running from pillar to post for their rescue

We have been running from pillar to post for their rescue , but to no avail.We are poor. GURMEL RAM, victim’s husband

since past one month, but to no avail.” “We are poor.My wife and daughter have been suffering in Saudi Arabia from two months,” Ram said.

We have appealed the external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj to look into the matter, he said. Ram had filed a complaint against travel agents, Kulwinder Singh, Seema, both of Nakodar and Neha of Delhi, with SSP of SBS Nagar on October 23. He alleged, the agents are now seeking ₹1 lakh to rescue them and had earlier taken ₹1.5 lakh to send them to Malaysia.

Ram alleged, the travel agents’ phones are coming switched off and their addresses are also wrong. A case under Sections 406 (punishment for criminal breach of trust), 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC has been registered against the trio .

DSP Dalbir Singh said, we had questioned Seema, but both the parties had reached an agreement, after she guaranteed that the mother-daughter will be back in the country within a week.

“An FIR has been registered against the accused,” he said. The absconding accused will be arrested soon, he said.

Recently, family of a Bilga based woman Paramjit Kaur ,39, stuck in Saudi Arabia, had also shared their plight in a video. Kaur had gone to work as a house help in July 13, this year.