Woman Trafficked to Saudi Last Year, Rescued From Riyadh

Begum was lured on the pretext of a nursing job but was employed as a house maid and was tortured by the owners.

Reshma Begum was trafficked to Saudi Arabia in July 2017. 

(Photo: ANI)

A girl named Reshma Begum, who was trafficked to Saudi Arabia in July 2017, has been rescued from Riyadh, ANI reported.

Speaking to ANI, Hyderabad-based Begum said she was forced to go there on the pretext of a nursing job. However, once there, she was stuck as a house maid, and was beaten and tortured by the owners every day.

I was forced to go there. I didn’t get the job I was initially offered. When I reached Riyadh, they told me you have not been called here for the nursing job, instead they made me a house maid. After I joined the job, the owners used to beat me and torture me every day.

Reshma Begum to ANI 

Begum thanked the Indian Embassy and the External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj for rescuing her within one week.

(With inputs from ANI)