RAUTAHAT, FEBRUARY 8
A manpower company in Kathmandu has fleeced two youths from Rautahat.
Family members of Sekh Shubhan Ali, 31, and Sekh Hashibulla, 25, of Mansari tole of Ishnath Municipality, Rautahat, said that the youths were duped by Aayush Overseas located at Samakhushi, Kathmandu Aayush Overseas at Samakhushi, Kathmandu, had taken Rs 2 lakh each and flown the two youths to Saudi Arabia on 31 December 2021.
The website of the Department of Labour shows that their labour agreement was signed and they were supposed to fly to Saudi Arabia on working visa. However, the manpower company had sent them on tourist visa.
At a meeting with mediapersons in Gaur today, the victims' families said that the youths were not provided work as per the contract. The families bemoaned that agent Sanjay Subdei had forwarded the process through Ranki Overseas but later they were sent to Saudi Arabia through Aayush Overseas.
Shubhan Ali's wife Salekhan Nesha complained that they had borrowed Rs two lakh from a local money lender putting their land as collateral and her husband had not been provided with job as per the contract. She urged mediapersons to help return her husband from Saudi as he was left in the lurch there. Tourist visas of Subhan Ali and Hashibulla were issued on 2 December 2021. The expiry date of the visa is 2 March 2022. The manpower, however, sent both youths on December 31 to Saudi.
Sekh Hashibulla's father Sekh Manir demanded that the government take action against agent Subedi, the manpower company, and return his son from Saudi Arabia at the earliest. "I appeal to you to press the government to help return my son at the earliest," said Sekh Manir with tearful eyes.
Migrant Resource Centre Gaur Information Officer Nilu Jha said the Department of Labour had signed the labour contract of both the youths but the manpower had sent them to Saudi on tourist visa and kept the youths in the dark.
"We tried to contact agent Sanjay Subedi but to no avail," said Jha. If the youths do not return before March 2, it will be hard to bring them back, said Jha.
A version of this article appears in the print on February 9, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.
