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CHENNAI: Twentynine workers from Tamil Nadu, who had their salaries halved and were forced to work overtime in Sudan, returned home thanks to the intervention of the city police. The placement agency in the city is not guilty of violating rules. But the overseas employer denied them the salary that had been agreed upon, confined them together in a room and forced them to work overtime, police said. All the rescued persons met Greater Chennai Police Commissioner R. Nataraj on Tuesday and expressed their gratitude. A manpower agency recruited them after taking amounts ranging from Rs. 40,000 to 60,000. The agency assured them employment at the construction site of a petro-product company coming up in Sudan. Soon after joining duty in Sudan, they were forced to work overtime. When they demanded wages for the overtime, the company refused to pay. At the end of last month, they paid the employees only half the amount that had been agreed upon. When a few agitated workers protested, they were confined in a room in a transit camp and were allegedly ill-treated. The company also rejected the demand of some employees that they be relieved. Three employees — Balu, Bright John and Velmurugan — escaped from the camp and reached the Indian Embassy in Sudan. Another employee, Venkatraman, contacted his brother, Varadharajulu, an advocate in the Madras High Court, who then informed the city police. The Central Crime Branch police contacted the Sudan Government through the Indian Embassy. The Government authorities said that they had received complaints about the petro-product company and gave an assurance that the labourers would be sent to their homeland within a week. The employees returned home in batches of nine. The last batch arrived last Friday, police said. As the labourers hailed from various parts of the State, they went home and came to the city on Tuesday to thank the police.
Heroin seized
Sleuths of Narcotics Control Bureau arrested a Sri Lankan national and seized 3.08 kg of heroin from him on Sunday. An NCB release said that on information a check was conducted in the baggage of S.H. Abdul Careem, who came from Mumbai. The contraband was kept concealed in the false bottom of the black leather suitcase. He came from Sri Lanka and proceeded to Mumbai to collect the contraband and then returned to the city in the afternoon. He was planning to return to Colombo by a Sri Lankan airlines flight. The seized contraband was valued at Rs. 3 crores in the international market, the police said.
Dies of burns
A couple from Nellore district in Andhra Pradesh who sustained burn injuries were admitted to the Kilpauk Medical College Hospital on Tuesday. The husband died at the hospital.
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