New Delhi: External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday intervened to facilitate the return of an Indian woman hailing from Punjab’s Jalandhar district, who was allegedly sold and tortured in Saudi Arabia.
After the family of the woman sought the minister’s intervention, Ms Swaraj said, “Thanks for bringing this to my notice. Sukhwant Kaur is returning home on 31 May 2017 at 0415 hrs by Flt G9406.”
According to media reports, Ms Kaur had gone to Saudi Arabia on a three-month tourist visa in January this year, and was allegedly sold and tortured there. “My wife Sukhwant Kaur is in trouble. She wants to come back home but her passport is with a travel agent who has disappeared now,” her husband Kulwant Singh was quoted as saying. In January, Sukhwant Kaur, 55, a resident of Ajtani village, was allegedly taken to Saudi Arabia on a three-month visa by a Delhi-based agent.
