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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RCB beat DC by 9 wickets in IPL
New Delhi (PTI): Royal Challengers Bengaluru continued their impressive run, thrashing Delhi Capitals by nine wickets in their IPL match here on Monday.
Opting to bowl, pace duo of Bhuvneshwar Kumar (3/5) and Josh Hazlewood (4/12) shared seven wickets, while Rasikh Salam Dar (1/21) and Syuash Sharma (1/7) also contributed as RCB bowled out DC for 75 -- lowest score of this season.
For DC, Abishek Porel (30), David Miller (19) and Kyle Jamieson (12) provided some respectability to the total after being reduced to 8 for 6 in 4th over.
In reply, Devdutt Padikkal (34), Jacob Bethell (20) and Virat Kohli (23) completed the chase in 6.3 overs.
Brief Score:
DC: 75 all-out in 16.3 overs (Abishek Porel 30; Bhuvneshwar Kumar 3/5, Josh Hazlewood 4/12).
RCB: 77 for 1 in 6.3 overs (Devdutt Padikkal 34; Kyle Jamieson 1/42).
