Eight youths duped by unscrupulous travel agency deported from Dubai, reach Amritsar

Dr SP Singh Oberoi-headed Sarbat Da Bhala Trust financially helped eight youths, who were deported from Dubai, to return here.

These youths have been identified as Atma Singh of Kapurthala district, Vijay Kumar, Harbans Lal, Gagan Kumar, son of Paramjit, Vijay Kumar, son of Binder, Gagan Kumar, son of Binder, Bagga Prakash and Ajay Kumar, son of Balwinder Kumar from Jalandhar. Oberoi, a businessman from Dubai, who has saved hundreds of people from the gallows in the Gulf and saved thousands of houses from being demolished, said they contacted him over telephone and narrated their ordeal. They claimed that they were cheated and financially and mentally exploited by the travel agency.

Taking a swift action, he gave them an appropriate advice in this regard, after being deported, they were given air tickets from Chennai to Amritsar and today, in the presence of Punjab president of the Trust Sukhjinder Singh Heir and general secretary Manpreet Singh Sandhu, they were taken to their homes by car from the airport.

Dr Oberoi once again warned the youth that if they want to go abroad, they must have complete information about the company they are working for and the visa given by the agents.

Upon arriving at the airport, the victim youths informed about the fraud and said that despite making them work hard, the owner of the company they worked for did not give them three-month salary. Narrating their ordeal in the Gulf, they said the owner threatened to deport them and even turned off the lights of their rooms and mentally harassed them.

They said when they approached the labour court to put up their plight in Dubai, officials sent us to the police where instead of giving us justice, they sent them to jail for 11 days and from there, they were directly deported them to Chennai.

At that time, they did not have a single penny with them and they lost their belongings. At that point they approached Dr Oberoi again on the phone about this. He immediately arranged for them air tickets to Amritsar and also a vehicle to take them to their houses from the airport. The youths profusely thanked Dr Oberoi and the local members of his organisation.