Hyderabad girl trafficked to Riyadh, mother asks govt's help to bring her back

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
ANI | Updated: Feb 04, 2020 04:03 IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Feb 4 (ANI): A girl was allegedly trafficked to Riyadh in Saudi Arabia when she was 16 years and
has been stuck there for the last three years.Asking for help from the Indian Embassy in Riyadh and the government, Syeda Sultana, mother of
the victim, said, "Three years ago, an agent by name of Chandh has approached us and offered a beautician job to my daughter in Riyadh in
2017.""The agent said that my daughter will be paid around Rs 20,000 to Rs 25,000 as salary
As we were financially not strong and my husband passed away, so my daughter accepted his offer and left from Hyderabad
The agent has sent her to Riyadh instead of Dammam
In Riyadh, he employed her as a home servant," she said.The woman alleged that her daughter is being tortured by her employers in Riyadh and
are not providing adequate food to her."They also beat her
They have not paid any salary to my daughter and she has been stuck in Riyadh for the last three years," Sultana said.She continued, "My
daughter was sent to Riyadh when she was 16 years and we were not informed by the agent that he was showing her age more than that in the
Aadhaar card
He showed my daughter's age as 28 years, but she is 16 years old.""I request the central government and the Indian Embassy in Riyadh to
rescue my daughter and ensure that she returns to Hyderabad safely," the mother said
(ANI)