Ram Kumari Bomjan from Rautahat district arrived in New Delhi five months ago with a dream of flying to New Zealand, only to be duped by her agents.
Bomjan, who is staying at Everest Hotel in Paharganj, New Delhi , gave Rs 1.5 million to her agents one year ago. “They are trying to cheat me by producing fake work permit for Hong Kong or telling me that they would send me to Canada instead,” she said.
Bomjan sold her land and borrowed money to pay them. “I cannot go back to my village. Nor can I fly to a foreign country in the lack of documents. My known agents are out of contact,” she rued, adding that she does not have money even to pay the hotel.
About a dozen others are left in the lurch in the Indian Capital after their agents duped them on the pretext of sending them to New Zealand. Of late, India has grown as a transit for sending Nepali foreign job aspirants abroad.
The victims have sought anonymity of the agents fearing that they will be unable to recover the money.
After the government created barriers in the travel of migrant workers to Gulf countries via Indian routes, Nepali workers are being trafficked to countries such as New Zealand, Syria, Uganda, Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan, Kenya and Tanzania through Indian routes.
Read News in full 14/03/14 e Kantipur.com
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