Punjabi woman sold in Saudi Arabia |
The district police of Jalandhar in Punjab have booked a travel agent for allegedly selling a woman from Gorsian village to a Saudi Arabian family as a slave for Rs 3.5 lakh. The victim Paramjit Kaur (39) has allegedly not been receiving any salary. A case has been registered at the Bilga police station against travel agent Resham Bhatti, also a Gorsian resident, for cheating, selling a person as slave, criminal conspiracy and under provisions of Human Trafficking Act, on the complaint of Paramjit`s husband Malkiat Ram. The accused is absconding and efforts are on to nab him. Malkiat Ram, a daily wager, alleged that as the economic condition of his family was very bad, he took on Resham`s offer of sending his wife to Saudi Arabia for work. The arrangement was that he would be able to pay the agent money after his wife started earning. He said his wife left India on July 23 and was employed with a Saudi family, adding that after reaching there Paramjit was told that she would not get any salary as she had been purchased by the family. Paramjit told her husband she was living in a bad condition. She works throughout the day with little break and am not even getting proper food.
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