Indian woman stuck in Oman seeks Jaishankar's immediate intervention for repatriation
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Date Reported: 29 Apr 2022
Location: Oman
Companies
Oman Trading Establishment (OTE) - Employer , Hyundai Motor (part of Hyundai Kia Motor) - Other Value Chain EntityAffected
Total individuals affected: 1
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 1 - India , Automobile & other motor vehicles , Gender not reported )Issues
Freedom of Movement , IntimidationResponse
Response sought: Yes, by Resource Centre
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Action taken: The family of the worker appealed to Indian authorities to repatriate them back to India. Authorities are yet to repatriate or provide remedy to the family. Business & Human Rights Resource Centre contacted both Oman Trading Establishment and Hyundai, for which it is a distributor, to invite them to respond to the article. Neither company responded.
Source type: News outlet
An Indian woman, who says she is "stuck" in Muscat with her husband, has requested External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar to talk with Omani counterpart for their repatriation, as the company for which her husband is working had allegedly forced him to write a complaint against his local staff and now they face life threats.
In an email to IANS, Meena Pandey claimed that she had approached the Indian Embassy in Oman several times but the matter has not been solved yet, and she has requested Indian diplomats in Oman to contact the Chairman of the company in India...
Her husband Sushil Pandey is working with Oman Trading Establishment LLC, a distributor of Hyundai cars, for the past 13 years as a Branch Manager at Sohar Branch in Oman. Recently, the company lodged a case against him and forced him to write a complaint against his local Omani staff, promising then the case against him will be taken back, she said.
As per Meena Pandey, her husband had complied "but to date, his company has not withdrawn the case.. due to this, the company staff are against him and our family. We fear that they can harm us." They have two kids.