HYDERABAD: A 31-year-old man from Mylardevpally in the city who was picked up by the police in Saudi Arabia has been released. On what grounds of suspicion, the police took
Abdul Majeed
, a salesman, himself did not know but after several rounds of questioning, he was set free.
Abdul Majeed called up his father in Hyderabad and informed him that there was no case against him. Abdul Majeed who was working as a salesman with a company in
Riyadh
for the last three years suddenly went missing on July 16 last year. Both he and the driver of the company they worked for were reported missing while they were on work to deliver some articles at Al Qassim.
“I am relieved that my son has been found and is safe. We were worried for him,” Mohammed Abdul Waheed, father of Abdul Majeed said. The family were at a loss to understand how their son could have gone missing and it was only later they came to know from the driver who had also been released by the police some months ago that Abdul Majeed was still in the custody of the police.
Social worker
and MBT leader
Amjed Ullah Khan
wrote to external affairs minister
S Jaishankar about Abdul Majeed. The Indian embassy in Riyadh which looked into the issue informed the family on October 11, 2020 that he was in police custody and that they were seeking consular access to meet him.
Abdul Majeed who called up his father on January 25 to inform him about his release said it was not clear to him why the police had picked him up.
According to Amjed Ullah Khan, the kafeel (employer) he was working for was helpful and cooperative and showed concern for Abdul Majeed. He also went and spoke to the police. He has also informed the family that he was willing to pay the salary of Abdul Majeed for the time he had to spend in jail and also offered to retain him in employment.
Mohammed Abdul Waheed thanked external affairs minister S Jaishankar and the Indian embassy in Riyadh and Amjed Ullah Khan for pursuing his release.
Sushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyde...
Read MoreSushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyderabad. He began his journalism career at the age of 20 in 1988. He is a gold medalist in journalism from the Department of Communication and Journalism, Arts College, Osmania University, Hyderabad from where he did his post-graduation from. He has been with The Times of India’s Hyderabad edition since its launch in 2000. He has also done an introductory course in film studies from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, and also from the Central University of Kerala equipping himself with the knowledge of filmmaking for film criticism. He has authored four books. In his career spanning 34 years, he has worked for five newspapers and has also done television reporting. He was also a web journalist during internet’s infancy in the mid 1990s in India. He covers defence, politics, diaspora, innovation, administration, the film industry, Hyderabad city and Telangana state, and human interest stories. He is also a podcaster, blogger, does video reporting and makes documentaries.
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