Jobseekers left in the lurch in UAE by dubious Indian agents
abu dhabi — Recruitment agents in India are sending several Indian workers to the UAE with bogus job offers, only to abandon them here, Khaleej
Times can reveal. A father, his son and friend from the northeastern state of Tripura are among the latest to be duped by an agent based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
The three men said they were promised jobs in the construction sector. “Instead of the promised employment visa, what we got was a one-month tourist visa,” Ajith Runjan Majumdar, 44, said.
The men said they “went through hell” as the agent kept moving them from place to place after they landed in Sharjah on September 8.
“We have been staying outside a mosque in Abu Dhabi since the last two days,” Majumdar added.
Indian Ambassador to the UAE, Navdeep Singh Suri, said the embassy has got in touch with the police in Tripura to bring the culprits to book. He said the embassy has been receiving an increasing number of such cases.
dubai — The president of the
Indian National Congress (INC) party, Rahul Gandhi, is scheduled to visit the UAE in January next year.
Himanshu Vyas, secretary of All India Congress Committee, the organisational body of the party, confirmed to Khaleej Times that Gandhi will be visiting Dubai on January 11 and 12 to meet with the Indian expat community.
“I will be visiting Dubai on December 21 to 26. More details on the public gathering and other visits will be revealed soon. For now, I can confirm that Rahul Gandhi is visiting Dubai in January,” Vyas said.
According to other sources in the Overseas Indian Cultural Society, the 48-year-old party leader will also be addressing students of the University of Sharjah.