Kapurthala, January 5
Eleven of the 30 Punjabi youths detained by a maintenance company in Kuwait have returned to India. Thanks to the India Embassy in Kuwait which facilitated their return after the matter was taken up by the Punjab State Commission for Scheduled Castes (PSCSC) with the External Affairs Ministry.
Eleven of the 30 Punjabi youths detained by a maintenance company in Kuwait have returned to India. Thanks to the India Embassy in Kuwait which facilitated their return after the matter was taken up by the Punjab State Commission for Scheduled Castes (PSCSC) with the External Affairs Ministry.
Two of the returned youths, Kulwinder Kumar of Lamma in Jalandhar and Gurmail Singh of Phagwara, said they along with 28 Punjabis had been detained by a company, Arab Centres, for the past nine months. The company forced them to stay in Kuwait even after the expiry of their visa. They could not move out due to the fear of getting arrested, they added. “Ailing Punjabis were even refused medicines. A society of Kerala highlighted our plight on YouTube," they said. Kulwinder also informed about their condition to his sister on the phone.
"My sister contacted chairman of the PSCSC Rajesh Bagha, who took up the matter with the Union External Affairs Ministry,” he said.
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