In the video Kumar Akash says that he was taken to a brick kiln where he was made to load bricks on to trucks. Adding to that, his employer has not paid him his salary for the last 28 months.
The government will extend all help to an Indian man working in Saudi Arabia without being paid his salary for the last 28 months, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said today.
The minister's comments came after she came to know of a video in which Kumar Akash, who hails from Uttar Pradesh, narrates his harrowing plight from somewhere near Makkah in the Gulf nation.
In the video, Mr Akash says he had gone to Saudi Arabia to work as a mechanic after getting his visa from Mumbai through a recruiting agent in Byculla.
However, instead of getting a job as a mechanic, he was taken to a brick kiln where he was made to load bricks on to trucks. Adding to that, his employer has not paid him his salary for the last 28 months.
He further said that whenever he asked his employer to send him back to India, he was told he would not be allowed to and he would have to stay in Saudi Arabia and work without pay.
In the video, Mr Akash seeks the help of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Mrs Swaraj.
Following this, Sushma Swaraj said all help would be extended to Mr Akash.
She tweeted:
Last week, Minster Sushama Swaraj intervened to help three men from Kerala who were duped by Shamshad Basheer, who had sent them to Saudi Arabia promising highly-paid jobs but sent them to work in a hollow brick-manufacturing unit where they were tortured by their employer.
The three returned to Kerala last Saturday and said they had received threats from Basheer shortly before they left for Kerala.
In another case, Ms Swaraj also responded to complaints against a placement agency in Uttar Pradesh that sent young men to Saudi Arabia with false promises.
According to reports, about a dozen youths from eastern Uttar Pradesh were duped by their placement agency and had to spend more than a fortnight in a bus on the outskirts of Dubai before being helped by some Indian expatriates who arranged for their accommodation.