Mangaluru, Aug 2: A female Quran teacher from Koppal, who was allegedly duped by a Mangaluru based visa agent, is now helplessly working as a domestic maid in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Chand Sultana, wife of f Baba Jaan, a resident of Nirmithi Kendra area in Koppal, was lured into the job and taken to Saudi Arabia three months ago, saying she would get a salary of Rs 40,000 a month.
According to Sultana’s family members, she was promised the job of a teacher of the Quran and Arabic by the agent identified as Shamsheer. However, after reaching Saudi Arabia, Sultana was not allowed to she was forced to do household chores.
It is alleged that Sultana’s employer did not allow her to call up and speak to her family. Her family was also not able to contact her. Finally, Baba Jaan managed to speak to her on the phone of Farid Saab, an acquaintance, a few days ago.
Baba Jaan said his wife told them she had been locked up in a room and bread crumbs are thrown at her at lunch time. He said the agent had taken Rs 50,000 from them for providing the job. Jaan claimed four to five other women from Koppal had been taken to the Gulf country with the promise of jobs and are in a similar plight.
Sultana is said to have requested her employer to free her. But they told that she was brought there by paying Rs 4 lakh to the agent. The employer said she would be released if she pays them the amount. Baba Jaan has brought the matter to the notice of MP from Koppal Sanganna Karadi and the latter has promised to get the matter resolved.
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