Job rip-off: 17 stranded Indian youths in Libya return house after six months of torture

Express News Service

CHANDIGARH: Seventeen youths from Punjab and Haryana who bought duped by unscrupulous brokers in India on the pretext of getting a job in Italy in February this 12 months landed again in Delhi final evening. 

Each of them paid Rs 13 lakh and was taken to Dubai and Egypt the place they landed underneath the captivity of armed mafia in Zuwara City of Libya.

The complete rescue operation and means of repatriation was coordinated and facilitated by Vikramjit Singh Sahney, Member of Parliament of Rajya Sabha from Punjab.

Sahney mentioned, “We obtained a panic name from these boys on May 28 during which they knowledgeable us that they’re stranded in Libya and had been being bodily tortured and had been made to do unpaid labour for months. We even spoke to them on video calls during which we will see that they had been residing in unimaginable situations with out correct meals.’’

“India doesn’t have any diplomatic mission in Libya so we had been helpless in that method. We tried a direct intervention by reserving a resort and arranging two taxis for these boys in order that they’ll run from the captivity and get rescued. On June 13, we initiated this rescue operation and we had been in a position to efficiently pull it off. We had been on fixed name with these boys all through that evening till they reached the resort booked by us,’’ he mentioned.

Sahney additional acknowledged that future was testing us as after two days of keep on the resort, the resort proprietor duped us. The boys had been arrested from the resort and despatched to a jail in Tripoli. 

“With the help of the nearest Indian embassy in Tunisia, we contacted United Nations for help. We requested these boys be released on humanitarian grounds from Libyan prison and repatriated to India”, he mentioned.

After weeks of correspondence and protracted requests, on July 30, Tunisia was in a position to entry by United Nations and get these boys launched from jail and despatched to the Port of Illegal Immigrants in Tripoli, Libya.

Finally, on August 19, all of the paperwork and different formalities had been executed and the boys boarded a flight to Delhi.

Sahney mentioned, “The plane landing in Delhi was not merely a plane, it was a mother’s hope, a sister’s affection and a father’s love that was coming along with it.”

“I interacted with every of those boys yesterday. They contemplate it as a rebirth, the feelings which had been pouring on the airport by their mother and father and members of the family was inexpressible,’’ he mentioned.

Sahney acknowledged that now he’s concentrating on the authorized motion to be taken towards the unscrupulous brokers who duped these boys.

“I’m in fixed contact with the SIT of Punjab Police towards Human Trafficking and officers of Haryana and Delhi Police. We will guarantee strict motion towards the responsible,’’ he mentioned.

CHANDIGARH: Seventeen youths from Punjab and Haryana who bought duped by unscrupulous brokers in India on the pretext of getting a job in Italy in February this 12 months landed again in Delhi final evening. 

Each of them paid Rs 13 lakh and was taken to Dubai and Egypt the place they landed underneath the captivity of armed mafia in Zuwara City of Libya.

The complete rescue operation and means of repatriation was coordinated and facilitated by Vikramjit Singh Sahney, Member of Parliament of Rajya Sabha from Punjab.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

Sahney mentioned, “We obtained a panic name from these boys on May 28 during which they knowledgeable us that they’re stranded in Libya and had been being bodily tortured and had been made to do unpaid labour for months. We even spoke to them on video calls during which we will see that they had been residing in unimaginable situations with out correct meals.’’

“India doesn’t have any diplomatic mission in Libya so we had been helpless in that method. We tried a direct intervention by reserving a resort and arranging two taxis for these boys in order that they’ll run from the captivity and get rescued. On June 13, we initiated this rescue operation and we had been in a position to efficiently pull it off. We had been on fixed name with these boys all through that evening till they reached the resort booked by us,’’ he mentioned.

Sahney additional acknowledged that future was testing us as after two days of keep on the resort, the resort proprietor duped us. The boys had been arrested from the resort and despatched to a jail in Tripoli. 

“With the help of the nearest Indian embassy in Tunisia, we contacted United Nations for help. We requested these boys be released on humanitarian grounds from Libyan prison and repatriated to India”, he mentioned.

After weeks of correspondence and protracted requests, on July 30, Tunisia was in a position to entry by United Nations and get these boys launched from jail and despatched to the Port of Illegal Immigrants in Tripoli, Libya.

Finally, on August 19, all of the paperwork and different formalities had been executed and the boys boarded a flight to Delhi.

Sahney mentioned, “The plane landing in Delhi was not merely a plane, it was a mother’s hope, a sister’s affection and a father’s love that was coming along with it.”

“I interacted with every of those boys yesterday. They contemplate it as a rebirth, the feelings which had been pouring on the airport by their mother and father and members of the family was inexpressible,’’ he mentioned.

Sahney acknowledged that now he’s concentrating on the authorized motion to be taken towards the unscrupulous brokers who duped these boys.

“I’m in fixed contact with the SIT of Punjab Police towards Human Trafficking and officers of Haryana and Delhi Police. We will guarantee strict motion towards the responsible,’’ he mentioned.