Process rip-off: 17 stranded Indian youths in Libya returned house after six months

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CHANDIGARH: Seventeen youths from Punjab and Haryana who were given duped by way of unscrupulous brokers in India at the pretext of having a task in Italy in February this yr landed again in Delhi remaining night time. 

Every of them paid Rs 13 lakh and used to be taken to Dubai and Egypt the place they landed underneath the captivity of armed mafia in Zuwara Town of Libya.

The entire rescue operation and means of repatriation used to be coordinated and facilitated by way of Vikramjit Singh Sahney, Member of Parliament of Rajya Sabha from Punjab.

Sahney stated, “We gained a panic name from those boys on Would possibly 28 by which they knowledgeable us that they’re stranded in Libya and had been being bodily tortured and had been made to do unpaid labour for months. We even spoke to them on video calls by which we will be able to see that they had been dwelling in unattainable stipulations with out right kind foods.’’

“India does now not have any diplomatic project in Libya so we had been helpless in that way. We attempted a right away intervention by way of reserving a lodge and arranging two taxis for those boys in order that they are able to run from the captivity and get rescued. On June 13, we initiated this rescue operation and we had been ready to effectively pull it off. We had been on consistent name with those boys all over that night time till they reached the lodge booked by way of us,’’ he stated.

Sahney additional said that future used to be trying out us as after two days of keep on the lodge, the lodge proprietor duped us. The men had been arrested from the lodge and despatched to a prison in Tripoli. 

“With the assistance of the closest Indian embassy in Tunisia, we contacted United Countries for lend a hand. We asked those boys be launched on humanitarian grounds from Libyan jail and repatriated to India”, he stated.

After weeks of correspondence and protracted requests, on July 30, Tunisia used to be ready to get right of entry to thru United Countries and get those boys launched from prison and despatched to the Port of Unlawful Immigrants in Tripoli, Libya.

After all, on August 19, the entire bureaucracy and different formalities had been finished and the men boarded a flight to Delhi.

Sahney stated, “The airplane touchdown in Delhi used to be now not simply a airplane, it used to be a mom’s hope, a sister’s affection and a father’s love that used to be coming along side it.”

“I interacted with each and every of those boys the previous day. They believe it as a rebirth, the sentiments which have been pouring on the airport by way of their folks and members of the family used to be inexpressible,’’ he stated.

Sahney said that now he’s concentrating at the prison motion to be taken towards the unscrupulous brokers who duped those boys.

“I’m in consistent contact with the SIT of Punjab Police towards Human Trafficking and officers of Haryana and Delhi Police. We can make certain strict motion towards the to blame,’’ he stated.

CHANDIGARH: Seventeen youths from Punjab and Haryana who were given duped by way of unscrupulous brokers in India at the pretext of having a task in Italy in February this yr landed again in Delhi remaining night time. 

Every of them paid Rs 13 lakh and used to be taken to Dubai and Egypt the place they landed underneath the captivity of armed mafia in Zuwara Town of Libya.

The entire rescue operation and means of repatriation used to be coordinated and facilitated by way of Vikramjit Singh Sahney, Member of Parliament of Rajya Sabha from Punjab.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

Sahney stated, “We gained a panic name from those boys on Would possibly 28 by which they knowledgeable us that they’re stranded in Libya and had been being bodily tortured and had been made to do unpaid labour for months. We even spoke to them on video calls by which we will be able to see that they had been dwelling in unattainable stipulations with out right kind foods.’’

“India does now not have any diplomatic project in Libya so we had been helpless in that way. We attempted a right away intervention by way of reserving a lodge and arranging two taxis for those boys in order that they are able to run from the captivity and get rescued. On June 13, we initiated this rescue operation and we had been ready to effectively pull it off. We had been on consistent name with those boys all over that night time till they reached the lodge booked by way of us,’’ he stated.

Sahney additional said that future used to be trying out us as after two days of keep on the lodge, the lodge proprietor duped us. The men had been arrested from the lodge and despatched to a prison in Tripoli. 

“With the assistance of the closest Indian embassy in Tunisia, we contacted United Countries for lend a hand. We asked those boys be launched on humanitarian grounds from Libyan jail and repatriated to India”, he stated.

After weeks of correspondence and protracted requests, on July 30, Tunisia used to be ready to get right of entry to thru United Countries and get those boys launched from prison and despatched to the Port of Unlawful Immigrants in Tripoli, Libya.

After all, on August 19, the entire bureaucracy and different formalities had been finished and the men boarded a flight to Delhi.

Sahney stated, “The airplane touchdown in Delhi used to be now not simply a airplane, it used to be a mom’s hope, a sister’s affection and a father’s love that used to be coming along side it.”

“I interacted with each and every of those boys the previous day. They believe it as a rebirth, the sentiments which have been pouring on the airport by way of their folks and members of the family used to be inexpressible,’’ he stated.

Sahney said that now he’s concentrating at the prison motion to be taken towards the unscrupulous brokers who duped those boys.

“I’m in consistent contact with the SIT of Punjab Police towards Human Trafficking and officers of Haryana and Delhi Police. We can make certain strict motion towards the to blame,’’ he stated.