Woman trafficked to Oman rescued

Ch Sushil Rao / Jan 19, 2022, 04:03 IST

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A woman from Hyderabad who was trafficked to Oman has been rescued, thanks to the intervention of the Union ministry of external affairs.

Hyderabad: A woman from Hyderabad who was trafficked to Oman has been rescued, thanks to the intervention of the Union ministry of external affairs.
The woman who was rescued from Oman has thanked external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and social worker and MBT leader Amjed Ullah Khan for responding to her request and ensuring that she returned home.
A resident of Shaheen Nagar, Rangareddy district, the woman was allegedly trapped by some local agents and was trafficked to Oman where she was made to work as a housemaid in Sur, Oman.She was stuck there since November 2021.
According to Amjed Ullah Khan, the woman was promised a job in Muscat but was trafficked to a remote area like Sur in Oman where she was asked to work a minimum of 15 to 18 hours everyday. She fell ill, vomited blood and developed skin problems. Despite her ill-health, the employer refused to send her home and insisted that she pay 2 lakh in order to be released.

With the intervention of the MEA and Indian Embassy in Muscat, Oman, she could return to India on Tuesday. She met Amjed Ullah Khan and also expressed her gratitude to external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and the Indian Embassy in Muscat, Oman

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Ch Sushil Rao

Sushil 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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