Jhapa, Aug 20 : Kamala Murmu, 30, a resident of Arjundhara Municipality-6 has been held hostage by an unknown gang in Iraq, her mother has said while making an appeal for her rescue.
Her mother Lakhi Murmu says that
three years ago Kamala was 'sold' in Iraq by a human trafficker in the pretext
of taking her to Oman for foreign employment. Initially, there was no contact
with her for six months but since then we talk to each other through voice
messages from time to time and my daughter is saying that she has taken hostage,
says Lakhi.
Kamala's eight-year-old daughter is
with her grandmother Lakhi. After her husband based in Gujarat, India abandoned
her, Kamala was forced to go abroad for a livelihood, claims Lakhi.
The family claims that Govinda
Kattel of Itahari and Madan Kharel of Birtamod-1 took Kamala to Iraq in the
pretext of a good job in Oman.
Lakhi said that Kamala has been
expressing fear that the gang will kill her if she is not rescued. She not
allowed to eat well, forced to sleep on the cold floor and subjected to hard
labor.
It has been a long time since the
victim's family informed the local police office, ward office, municipality and
rescue organizations such as Maiti Nepal about the incident. The family
complains that even those agencies are not interested in the rescue.
Kopila Basnet, president of
Samunnat Nepal, said that the victim's mother, Lakhi, contacted her after there
was no initiative from anywhere to rescue Kamala. Basnet, who is also a lawyer,
said, "Kamala Murmu is taken hostage in a foreign country. I request the
government and administration to make an effort to rescue her
quickly." (RSS)