14/12/2020
12 Indian maids rescued in UAE after being duped by fake job agents:
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The Indian Association in Ajman and Indian Consul in Dubai have rescued 12 housemaids, who were duped by fake job agents.
The plight of these stranded women was brought to the attention of the Indian diplomatic authorities by Amjed Ullah Khan MBT on Friday after the families of five of them and a UAE-based social worker raised the issue in Indian media.
The defrauded women belong to Hyderabad, which is the capital of the south Indian states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
Neeraj Agarwal, Consul (Press, Information, and Culture) at the Consulate General of India in Dubai, said: “We managed to rescue 12 women from Ajman in collaboration with the Indian Association in Ajman. A probe is in progress and seven of the 12 women have lodged complaints with the police.”
Agarwal said these women had come to the UAE with the help of unscrupulous job agents. “Initially, we got the information about five housemaids. Later, the figure turned out to be 12 such stranded women."
He added, “They alleged harassment at the hands of their employers’ families in their police complain., Roop Sidhu, the general secretary of the Indian Association in Ajman, who oversaw the rescue operations, said that the rescued women were being looked after by the Indian diplomatic mission in Dubai.
Agarwal said he was arranging the repatriation of the stranded women. “Two women are slated to leave for home on Monday. The rest will leave over the next couple of days. We’re providing food and shelter to the stranded women,” he added.
He urged Indian jobseekers, especially women, not to fall prey to fake job agents. “They must go through proper channels. They must avoid unscrupulous agents at all cost,” he added.