Minister: Will help rescue women stuck in Muscat
Tribune News Service
Amritsar, March 20
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has stated that the Indian Embassy at Muscat will provide all required documents to the Sarbat Da Bhalla Trust, being run by philanthropist Dr SPS Oberoi, which will foot money to secure the release of 104 young women stuck in the Gulf country.
Gurjeet Singh Aujla, Amritsar Lok Sabha MP, today met the minister in New Delhi.
He said since there was no legal provision in the Indian Constitution to provide money, the Sarbat Da Bhalla Trust would provide money to secure the release of these young women.
He requested the External Affairs Minister to direct the Indian Embassy to provide all required documents of these women. Jaishankar assured him that the Embassy staff would contact Dr Oberoi in a couple of days to provide all documents. Aujla said these women were stuck in Muscat and were being treated as bonded labourers.
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