Kolkata: Stranded for months in Iran, 11 of 12 youths return


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Stranded in Iran, goldsmiths, Anti-trafficking, Ministry of External Affairs, National Anti-Trafficking Committee, Kolkata police, Indian ExpressStranded in Iran, goldsmiths, Anti-trafficking, Ministry of External Affairs, National Anti-Trafficking Committee, Kolkata police, Indian Express The goldsmiths at Kolkata press club Wednesday. (Photo by Partha Paul)


Eleven of twelve goldsmiths, who were stranded in Iran after their passports were allegedly seized by their employer, returned to Kolkata on Wednesday after efforts by an anti-trafficking organisation and the Ministry of External Affairs.


The twelfth is likely to return on Saturday. Sk Moinuddin, a resident of Hooghly, looked relieved as he exited Kolkata airport on Wednesday afternoon.


“I had gone to Iran for a job and paid Rs 35,000 to an agent, Gyasuddin Mullick. I went to Iran on April 12 and worked there for about two months. While we were promised a good salary, they gave half the amount in the first month and I continued working for another month without pay. Slowly, they stopped providing us food even. When we confronted the authorities, they threatened us and took away our documents and passports,” said Moinuddin.


Moinuddin said the group then found a mobile app of the National Anti-Trafficking Committee and sent it a message. “We were 12 people confined to a room and they would give us water after 19 hours,” he said.


The chairman of the committee, Sk Jinnar, then contacted their family members and wrote to the Ministry of External Affairs, the Prime Minister and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. “One person who is still stuck will be back here by Saturday,” said Jinnar.


The local agent, Gyasuddin Mullick, claimed he did not know about the employer’s intentions.


“I had taken money from them, about Rs 35,000 each, for visa and other expenses. The main agent was in Dubai, I shouldn’t have believed him. I myself was stuck there,” said Mullick.


Jinnar too said, “The main culprit is in Delhi, who had assured Mullick of jobs for 14 people. Our focus is to put him behind bars…” The family members of the 11 youths thanked the authorities.


When asked about the matter, a family member of one of the youths said, “…it will be great if the government brings in tougher laws against such touts.”


Two cases registered


Meanwhile, Jinnar also said two suo motu cases have been registered — one in Jamalpur, another in Padua area of Hooghly.


“We have already written to the CBI to initiate a probe as they have an anti-trafficking cell,” he told The Indian Express.


A police official in Hooghly said, “ If need be Gyasuddin will also be interrogated”.


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