DUBAI: The Indian embassy in Bahrain has had to step in to secure the release of two Gudaibiya labour camp disaster survivors after their company tried to deport them to India.
The Gudaibiya labour camp was completely gutted in a major fire last month that killed 17 Indian workers.
The two Indian workers, Velmurugan Kumaraswamy and Ravi Muthuswamy, were taken from a temporary labour camp by a Royal Tower Construction Company representative and detained in a police station, and later to the General Directorate of Nationality, Passports and Residence (GDNPR), according to the Gulf Daily News .
DUBAI: The Indian embassy in Bahrain has had to step in to secure the release of two Gudaibiya labour camp disaster survivors after their company tried to deport them to India.
The Gudaibiya labour camp was completely gutted in a major fire last month that killed 17 Indian workers.
The two Indian workers, Velmurugan Kumaraswamy and Ravi Muthuswamy, were taken from a temporary labour camp by a Royal Tower Construction Company representative and detained in a police station, and later to the General Directorate of Nationality, Passports and Residence (GDNPR), according to the Gulf Daily News .
The company alleged that the two were instigating other workers not to join work.
“We were paid part of the settlement after the company deducted money for our tickets home, saying that we would be deported,” Kumaraswamy was quoted as saying.
“I was the first among 32 workers who gave their consent to the sponsor last week agreeing to go back to India, provided our dues were paid in full.”
He, however, alleged that the Royal Tower Construction Company intended to deport them without paying their dues.