As many as 16 Nepali workers... have remained stranded [in Qatar] for nearly three months...after they were promised lucrative jobs... They had been duped and were left without food and money... [Workers had been promised] a minimum monthly salary of Qatari riyal 1,200 to 1,400, besides the facilities for food and accommodation. According to [Narendra Raj Gyanwali, labour attaché with the Nepal embassy] the [recruiting] firms included Al Haya HR Solution Pvt Ltd and Jugal International Overseas Pvt Ltd... “The Qatari government is strict about taking action against those who are found to have cheated migrant workers. So Qatari nationals are not involved in these issues. Mainly small recruiting agencies and their agents in Nepal lure poor workers,” added Gyanwali... the embassy has started their repatriation by contacting with their recruiting agencies and subagents--Samrat Mainali and Kiran KC, who were to receive the workers in Qatar... repatriation of the stranded workers has begun.