This story is from June 13, 2019

Karimnagar man rescued from Riyadh

Karimnagar man rescued from Riyadh
Hyderabad: A Karimnagar man who put out a video asking to be rescued from a desert in Saudi Arabia where he was being forced to work against his wishes has been rescued by the Indian Embassy.
The embassy handed Veeraiah of Thummapuram mandal a ticket to return home on Tuesday. “Thanks to constant efforts and vigorous follow-up by the Indian embassy in Riyadh, Veeraiah will finally join his family in India on June 25,” the embassy informed.
TRS working president KT Rama Rao contacted the embassy and requested officials to speed up his return. Appreciating the embassy for its “fantastic’ job”, KTR tweeted, “Welcome home Veeraiah garu.”
Rakesh Dattatreya Sukumara Sharma tweeted Veeraiah’s viral video pleading to the embassy and KT Rama Rao for help on May 8.
Veeraiah, who had gone to Saudi Arabia in 2017, was made to care for a hundred camels, and was starved and tortured by his kafil. He was also denied permission to visit India for his deceased mother’s last rites on March 30.
The Indian Embassy tracked him down with much effort and negotiated with the kafil to send him back after Eid. On Tuesday, the embassy handed over Veeraiah an air ticket to travel back to his family in Karimnagar.
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Sushil 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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