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Consulate comes to aid of women stranded at airport
The Indian Consulate in Dubai on Monday came to the rescue of two of its nationals who were stranded at the Dubai International Airport.
- By Sunita Menon, Staff Reporter
- Published: 00:11 May 6, 2008
Dubai: The Indian Consulate in Dubai on Monday came to the rescue of two of its nationals who were stranded at the Dubai International Airport.
The women did not board their flight that was booked by their employers, fearing being duped and not being able to reach their hometown.
"We were being sent to Chennai instead of Kerala," said the women.
The women are currently lodged at the Indian consulate shelter house until further arrangements are made to send them home.
The plight of the two Indian women, in their mid-thirties, came to light when they sought help from a public relations officer - a fellow Indian.
The officer was at the airport to cancel papers of one of his staff.
Speaking to Gulf News from the airport, the women said that they arrived in the UAE on an entertainment visa. They worked as dancers in a local hotel. Their relations with their sponsor turned sour when they refused to entertain men who came to the hotel.
Both women who hail from the south Indian state of Kerala said that they were wakened by their sponsor and asked to pack their bags to fly to Chennai instead of their hometown Kozhikode in Kerala.
On their way to the airport the women overheard a telephone conversation by one of the hotel staff with someone in Chennai.
"He was providing the colour of the dress worn by us, our names and passport numbers.
"Instructions were also given to withhold our passports and return them if a payment of Rs45,000 (Dh4,067) was made by us. We panicked and feared getting trapped further. We decided not to board the flight and walked out of the airport hoping to get help to return home."
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