HYDERABAD: External affairs minister
Sushma Swaraj has assured help to an Indian woman from
Telangana who has been jailed in
Saudi Arabia's capital
Riyadh
.
Sushma Swaraj responded to
NRI
affairs minister K T Rama Rao who tweeted to her about the plight of Fahiunnisa Begum of Kagaznagar in Telangana.
“We will provide Fahimunnisa Begum legal aid and all assistance,” Sushma Swaraj tweeted in response to KTR’s plea.
“Thank you madam. Appreciate the prompt response. Once again, you proved that relief for NRIs in trouble, is just a tweet away,” KTR said thanking the union minister.
Fahinunnisa Begum had gone to Saudi Arabia two months ago but was harassed by the kafil.
Her husband, Shaik Sadiq, said they had lost contact with her 45 days ago and were recently informed that she was sent to jail by the kafil who filed a false case against her.
In a video, Fahiunissa is seen making a desparate plea to be rescued or else she may not come back alive.
A shaken Shaik Sadiq said he and his children were disturbed at what had happened to Fahiunnisa and tried to bring the matter to the notice of Sushma Swaraj.
He said the kafil had not provided her food and had also tortured her. It was a month ago that Shaik Sadiq had tweeted to Sushma Swaraj but help eventually came in on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, Sadiq tweeted to NRI affairs minister K T Rama Rao for help, who in turn, brought the matter to the notice of Sushma Swaraj who responded late on Wednesday night.
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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