Hyderabad: Like many people who in a bid to earn money get carried away by lucrative offers in Gulf nations and end up getting duped, a 30-year-old woman’s dream of earning a good salary was shattered as she was duped and viciously put to slavery at Hafar Al Batin, about 490 km from Dammam.
A fashion designer by profession, Husna, was offered job at a hospital in Riyadh and was asked to design clothes for the staff. To support her family residing in Hyderabad's Rajendranagar, she accepted the offer.
Though Husna was supposed to go to Riyadh, she was provided a ticket to Dammam. After a week, the girl grew suspicious of her employer Abu Saif. Later, she was asked to clean the house where she is putting up and then she discovered that she has been sold to Saif. Husna posted few pictures on WhatsApp, which clearly showed that she is not only being made to do household chores at Saif’s place but also being tortured.
Her parents filed a complaint with the Mumbai police as the recruiter is from the city. They also made efforts to speak to the recruiter, but in vain. The police have assured speedy justice, but nothing much has been done to free Husna.
This is not an isolated incident. A number of complaints have been filed with the police wherein people have been duped and trapped as slaves in Gulf countries. The Telangana government is working hard to stop such hoax recruitments. The state government has also sought Centre’s intervention in the case.
