Task rip-off: 17 stranded Indian youths in Libya go back house after six months of torture

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

Each and every of them paid Rs 13 lakh and was once 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 strategy of repatriation was once coordinated and facilitated by means 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 during 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 during which we will be able to see that they had been residing in inconceivable stipulations with out correct foods.’’

“India does no longer have any diplomatic challenge in Libya so we had been helpless in that method. We attempted a right away intervention by means of reserving a lodge and arranging two taxis for those boys in order that they may be able to run from the captivity and get rescued. On June 13, we initiated this rescue operation and we had been in a position to effectively pull it off. We had been on consistent name with those boys all through that night time till they reached the lodge booked by means of us,’’ he stated.

Sahney additional mentioned that future was once trying out us as after two days of keep on the lodge, the lodge proprietor duped us. The lads 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 chronic requests, on July 30, Tunisia was once in a position to get admission to thru United Countries and get those boys launched from prison and despatched to the Port of Unlawful Immigrants in Tripoli, Libya.

In any case, on August 19, all of the bureaucracy and different formalities had been carried out and the lads boarded a flight to Delhi.

Sahney stated, “The aircraft touchdown in Delhi was once no longer simply a aircraft, it was once a mom’s hope, a sister’s affection and a father’s love that was once coming in conjunction with it.”

“I interacted with every of those boys the day before today. They believe it as a rebirth, the feelings which have been pouring on the airport by means of their folks and members of the family was once inexpressible,’’ he stated.

Sahney mentioned that now he’s concentrating at the criminal 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 will be able to make sure that strict motion towards the accountable,’’ he stated.

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

Each and every of them paid Rs 13 lakh and was once 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 strategy of repatriation was once coordinated and facilitated by means 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 during 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 during which we will be able to see that they had been residing in inconceivable stipulations with out correct foods.’’

“India does no longer have any diplomatic challenge in Libya so we had been helpless in that method. We attempted a right away intervention by means of reserving a lodge and arranging two taxis for those boys in order that they may be able to run from the captivity and get rescued. On June 13, we initiated this rescue operation and we had been in a position to effectively pull it off. We had been on consistent name with those boys all through that night time till they reached the lodge booked by means of us,’’ he stated.

Sahney additional mentioned that future was once trying out us as after two days of keep on the lodge, the lodge proprietor duped us. The lads 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 chronic requests, on July 30, Tunisia was once in a position to get admission to thru United Countries and get those boys launched from prison and despatched to the Port of Unlawful Immigrants in Tripoli, Libya.

In any case, on August 19, all of the bureaucracy and different formalities had been carried out and the lads boarded a flight to Delhi.

Sahney stated, “The aircraft touchdown in Delhi was once no longer simply a aircraft, it was once a mom’s hope, a sister’s affection and a father’s love that was once coming in conjunction with it.”

“I interacted with every of those boys the day before today. They believe it as a rebirth, the feelings which have been pouring on the airport by means of their folks and members of the family was once inexpressible,’’ he stated.

Sahney mentioned that now he’s concentrating at the criminal 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 will be able to make sure that strict motion towards the accountable,’’ he stated.