KTR helps Telangana woman stranded in Muscat return home after employer deceived her
BRS leader K.T. Rama Rao facilitated the return of a Telangana woman who was stranded in Muscat after being deceived by an employment agent. The woman had been held by her employer and cut off from her family until intervention was sought.
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The story underscores the risks of overseas employment fraud and the role of political figures in providing humanitarian assistance to constituents.
HYDERABAD Stranded in Muscat after being cheated on the pretext of providing employment, Tuppudu Lakshmi’s family approached working president of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) K.T. Rama Rao in a desperate situation. Within a month of assuring her son that he would bring his mother home, Mr. Rama Rao fulfilled his promise. Ms. Tuppudu Lakshmi, wife of Venkatappa, a resident of Gokafasalwad village in Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy’s Kodangal constituency, met Mr. Rama Rao on Tuesday at the party office here and expressed her heartfelt gratitude for ensuring her safe return home from Muscat. According to Mr. Rama Rao’s office, Ms. Lakshmi had travelled to Muscat on February 27 in search of employment, hoping to support her family. However, upon reaching there, she was assigned work that was different from what the agent had promised.
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