Yet another story of unemployed youth from Telangana districts duped by Gulf agents who allegedly cheated them of lakhs of rupees promising jobs with hefty wages in Dubai has come to light.
As many as nine youth hailing from different villages in Nizamabad, Kamareddy, Jagtial and Nirmal districts were allegedly cheated by Hyderabad-based agents Dandu Narayana and Mohammed Anwar.
Abdul Hameed, Sanigarapu Suresh, Bommaboina Vamsi, Devupally Chandram, Mondi Sailu, A. Vikash Goud, Godugu Satish, Yora Rajeswar and V. Shivaraj, aged between 25 and 45 years paid over ₹10 lakh to the said agents when they offered them jobs as LPG delivery boys in the Al Mutahida LPG distribution company in Dubai.
Visit visa
The agents showed them the company demand letter for jobs for a two-year contract issued on March 7. After paying the money, five members — Hameed (tipper driver in Banswada), Vamsi, Satish, Rajeswar and Shivaraj — had landed in Dubai between September 21 and 25. They were picked up by a person at the airport and shifted to Ajman. He collected their passports and put them in a hotel.
Even as weeks passed and the expiry date of the visa fast approaching, the agents failed to take the five to their jobs.
To their dismay the victims came to know that no company with that name existed in Dubai and they were sent on a visit visa. After 15 days they were shifted to Ras Al Khaimah, another city in the UAE, Mr.Hameed told The Hindu .
“When we contacted the agents they gave us irresponsible replies. We evaded arrest by the UAE police and returned home with the help of Gulf Telangana Welfare and Cultural Association’s initiative and its president Patkuri Basanth Reddy. After spending a jobless month we came back last month,” said Mr. Hameed fighting back tears.
“We paid between ₹50,000-60,000 each towards our expenditure in the Gulf besides ₹1.3 lakh to the agents. Realising the agents’ fraud, we alerted the other four members so that they stayed back home though they had their visit visas. We spent a horrible life in Dubai, Ajman and Ras Al Khaimah,” said Mr. Vamsi.
‘Check veracity’
Additional DCP M. Sridhar Reddy who received their complaint here on Sunday said a case would be registered and action taken against the agents. He appealed to people to check the veracity of companies offering employment and whether agents have formal licences.
Mr. Basanth Reddy said that unless the Government of India and the State Government frame foolproof rules and act tough against fraudulent agents their frauds would continue, subjecting gullible unemployed youth to severe hardship.
