Five Nepali workers rescued from Gujarat in India

Rajbiraj (Saptari), July 16: Five Nepali workers facing severe hardships in their workplace in Gujarat, India have been rescued and reunited with their families, according to Tirahut rural municipality in Saptari district.     

They were employed at a cold store at Johorapur in the Gujarat State where they reportedly endured physical assault and mental torture by their employer, said Bijay Yadav, Chairperson of Tirahut rural municipality.     

The workers hailing from Saptari district were also denied the wages they had been promised and were threatened and exploited, said Chairperson Yadav.     

The rescued workers were Sakaldev Sada, 60, of Tirahut rural municipality and 28-year-old Chandan Khang and Shailendra Sada of Hanumannagar Kankalini municipality and three others, according to Yadav.     

He further shared that the rescue operation resulted in a success due to the active initiation of cyber security analyst and media person Abhinav Kumar and in coordination with the Nepal National Mushahar Association.     

Association's Saptari chapter Chairperson Shivadev Sada mentioned that the rescued operation was carried out in coordination with the local authorities at Jodhpur in Gujarat as well the Chairperson of the Tirahut rural municipality.(RSS)