Mangaluru: Mangaluru North Police have registered a sue-motto case against the Manikya Associates Company, who allegedly trapped youths on the pretext of offering jobs in Kuwait.

In a viral video filmed  and shared by the victims, the victims were seen pleading for help from the authorities and Mangaluru MLA Vedavyas Kamat.

In the video, a victim Ganesh had alleged that Manikya Associates Private Limited and its owner Prasad Shetty charged Rs. 65,000 from him, and later he was sent to Kuwait on January 7. When the victims landed in Kuwait, the scenario changed and they were not been paid salaries for the last six months.

“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 Vedavyas Kamat to support us” the victims were seen pleading in the video.

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Kolkata, Nov 30: Two more Hindu priests were arrested in Bangladesh, ISKCON Kolkata spokesperson Radharamn Das claimed on Saturday.

Speaking to PTI, Radharamn said, "I have received information that two more ISKCON monks have been arrested by police in Bangladesh."

In a post on X on Friday night, Radharamn said, "In the meantime, bad news has come: two devotees who went with prasad for Chinmaya Prabhu were arrested on their way back to the temple, and Chinmaya prabhu's secretary is also missing. Please pray for them."

Earlier on Friday, Radharamn had posted, "Another Brahmachari, Sri Shyam Das Prabhu, was arrested by Chattogram Police today."

"Does he look like a terrorist? #FreeISKCONMonks Bangladesh. The arrest of innocent #ISKCON brahmacharis are deeply shocking & disturbing," Radharamn posted on X on Saturday. His comments comes comes in the backdrop of unconfirmed reports of arrest of three more ISKCON monks, days after the arrest of spiritual leader Chinmay Das.

Chinmay Das, who also served as a spokesperson for Bangladesh Sammilita Sanatani Jagran Jote, was arrested at Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Monday while en route to Chattogram to attend a rally. He was denied bail and sent to jail on Tuesday by the Chattogram Sixth Metropolitan Magistrate Court.

Historically, Hindus made up approximately 22 per cent of Bangladesh's population during the 1971 Liberation War.

The Hindu population, once a substantial demographic in Bangladesh, has experienced a significant decline in recent decades, with the minority community now comprising only around 8 per cent of the country's total population.

This drop is largely attributed to a combination of socio-political marginalisation, exodus and sporadic violence over the years.