External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj tweeted tonight that the government has rescued 29 Indian workers from Saudi Arabia and is also paying for their flight tickets. Swaraj was approached by Telangana minister K T Rama Rao who had sought her intervention in the rescue of the 29 migrant workers from the state held in captivity by a company in Saudi Arabia.
Rao, who is Telangana’s NRI Affairs and IT Minister, had written to Swaraj sharing a media report which said the workers were held in captivity without any food or basic amenities and that the company had demanded 50,000 US Dollars from each of the employees before allowing them to leave.