35 Mangaluru youths deprived salaries, food in Kuwait; calls for help from Media, political leaders
Kuwait: As many as 200 Indian including 35 people from Mangaluru are fighting for their survival in the gulf nation of Kuwait after they were trapped by a recruiting agency in Mangaluru and were sent to Kuwait on the promise of lucrative jobs, but as it turned out they have not been paid their salaries from last six months and to make things worse, their employer has now stopped giving them food and daily essentials.
In a viral video made and shared by the victims, the victims are seen pleading for help from the authorities and Mangaluru MLA Vedavyas Kamat. The victim also names Prasad Shetty and Manikya associates as the one who trapped them with job offers.
Prasad Shetty reportedly took Rs. 65,000/- from each of the victims for giving them lucrative job in Kuwait. When the victims landed in Kuwait, the scenario changed and they are now not been paid salaries for last six moths.
“Today, the company informed us that the food supply to us will also be stopped now. Our families are struggling to meet their financial needs back home and we are helpless as we can’t do anything without our salaries. We seek immediate assistance from Media, political leaders of Mangaluru to help us. We call upon Mangaluru MLA Vedavyadas Kamat to support us” the victims are seen pleading in the video.
MLA Kamat, responding to the video assured help to the victims and added that he will take up the matter with authorities and government. He also assured immediate aid to the victims through his friend in Kuwait and added that he would try his best to get the victims back at the earliest.
The victims in the video also complains that their call for help to the Indian Embassy in Kuwait went in vain as the embassy didn’t respond properly to their complaint.
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Every game is like semifinal for us now: RCB coach Andy Flower
Bengaluru, Apr 16: After his side's sixth defeat in seven matches in the ongoing Indian Premier League, Royal Challengers Bengaluru head coach Andy Flower confessed that each of their remaining seven matches will have to be treated like a semifinal.
In the latest setback to their playoff aspirations, RCB went down by 25 runs against Sunrisers Hyderabad here on Monday.
“It is obviously knockout time and every game is like a semifinal for us now. But we will have to think that we will come back stronger,” Flower said on RCB Game Day.
RCB conceded the highest-ever IPL total – 287 for three – as the Hyderabad batters went on a merry ride against their directionless bowlers.
Flower admitted that it was a tough night for his side.
“It was a really tough night in the field, of course, as they finished so powerfully that it probably took the wind out of our souls,” he said.
However, Flower found shards of positives during RCB’s chase such as Dinesh Karthik’s superlative 83 off 35 balls and skipper Faf Du Plessis’ 28-ball 62.
The Zimbabwean wanted to build on them in the coming matches.
“I am really proud of the way we fought with the bat out there in the middle. We lost the game but I was really proud of the way we fought,” said Flower.
The former England coach lauded Karthik for the way he took on SRH bowlers, and said it would not be surprising if the wicketkeeper batter made it to India’s T20 World Cup squad.
“Dinesh Karthik is really making a push for the World Cup team (of India) as well and is only getting better on the field,” he added.
RCB will next face Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens on April 21.
