This story is from January 18, 2022

Hyderabad woman trafficked to Oman rescued

A woman from Hyderabad, who was trafficked to Oman, has been rescued, thanks to the intervention of the Ministry of External Affairs.
Hyderabad woman trafficked to Oman rescued
After returning to India, the woman thanked external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. (AFP, file photo)
HYDERABAD: A woman from Hyderabad, who was trafficked to Oman, has been rescued, thanks to the intervention of the Ministry of External Affairs.
The woman thanked external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and social worker and MBT leader Amjed Ullah Khan for responding to her request and ensuring that she returned back home.
A resident of Shaheen Nagar in Ranga Reddy district, the woman was allegedly trapped by some local agents and was trafficked to Oman where she was made to work as a housemaid in Sur, Oman.
She was stuck there since November 2021.
Amjed Ullah Khan said the woman was promised a job in Muscat but was trafficked to a remote area like Sur in Oman where she was asked to work for 15 to 18 hours everyday. She fell ill. Despite her ill-health, the employer refused to send her home and insisted that she pay Rs 2 lakh for her release.
With the intervention of the MEA and Indian Embassy in Muscat, the woman returned to India on Tuesday.
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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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