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Two Indians slaving it out on Saudi camel farm
Thursday April 19, 2012 11:46:34 PM,
IANS
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Chennai: Two Indian
workers promised construction work in Saudi Arabia but sold as
slaves to a camel farm owner are languishing without food in the
desert there, say their family members in Tamil Nadu.
A. Muniasamy, 45, hailing from Ramanathapuram district and
44-year-old Jagabir Ali from Nagapattinam district have been stuck
on a camel farm for the past three months with an expired visa.
"They are also being tortured, with no medication for their
wounds. The farm is located in a remote place with the sea on one
side and the desert on the other. The nearest market is around 50
km away from the farm," G. Subramanian, executive director of
Manitham, a human rights organisation told IANS.
Manitham has taken up the issue of the two Indians with the Indian
embassy in Saudi Arabia.
Speaking to IANS over phone, Prabhavathi, Muniasamy's wife said:
"I spoke to my husband a couple of days back. He said that food
was a problem. We came to know that he had been sold to a camel
farm owner soon after he went to Saudi Arabia."
"I have bought you. And I cannot send you back to India. This is
what the camel farm owner had told my husband," Prabhavathi,
mother of two said in a choking voice.
She said Muniasamy had worked abroad prior to their marriage and
this is the first time he was cheated.
Subramanian said he got the information about the two Indian
workers slaving it out in Saudi Arabia around 15 days back.
"We did cross check their case with people whom we know in Saudi
Arabia and found it to be true," he said.
Subramanian had sent a brief about the case of Muniasamy and Ali
to T.C. Barupal, first secretary, Community Welfare at the Indian
External Affairs Ministry in Riyadh.
"He has forwarded my email to another official, marking a copy to
me," Subramanian said.
Both the unfortunate victims had gone to Saudi Arabia, paying
Rs.150,000 to Sofia Travels based in Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu .
The agent guaranteed construction jobs in Riyadh and issued a
validated 90 days visa from Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the duo.
The two had boarded a flight to Saudi Arabia January 23.
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