Video of Mangaluru men stranded in Kuwait after being duped by agent goes viral
Summary
Date Reported: 25 May 2019
Location: Kuwait
Companies
Manikya Associates - RecruiterAffected
Total individuals affected: 200
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 200 - India - Sector unknown , Gender not reported )Issues
Right to Food , Recruitment Fees , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Wage TheftResponse
Response sought: Yes, by Journalist
Action taken: The owner of Manikya Associates, Prasad Shetty, issued a statement denying the allegations. He stated that his firm had instead acted as a facilitator for another recruiter sourcing labour for an entirely separate company. Manikya Associates has, however, offered the stranded men alternative employment. The Indian authorities have filed a case against Manikya Associates for allegedly carrying out recruitment for foreign firms without having a license under the Emigration Act.
Source type: News outlet
Around 200 men had been cheated by an employment agency by promising them lucrative jobs in Kuwait...
“Prasad Shetty of Manikya Associates (employment agency) took Rs 65,000 from each of us and sent us to Kuwait to work for a company named Carriage. When we reached Kuwait, we were given jobs in a different company. We have been here for six months and have not received our salaries,” the youth alleged in the video.
"...after landing in Kuwait, we realised that Carriage had contracted the recruitment for another company named Enseem, which is blacklisted in Kuwait,” [the men] alleged.