Odishatv Bureau

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to protect people from Odisha falling victims to  ‘fraudulent recruitment agencies’  and individuals outside the country, State CID, Crime Branch has come up with a new Circular.

As per the notification, the role of such recruiters who are sending people without necessary valid authorisation would now be penalised.

Senior police officials have been asked to take stringent action against several agents, recruitment agency or individuals, who are sending emigrants to Middle East, South East Asian Countries without approvals from the Proctor General of Emigrants, Government of India.

The directive of the Crime Branch is likely to act as a deterrent for those sending human resources without necessary authorizations from the State.

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“Any person, who recruits any emigrants without any valid certificate issued by Competent Authority, will be liable for imprisonment for a term of two years and fine of Rs 2, 000,” said the notification.

It can be mentioned that there has been a steep rise in the number of cases of people from Odisha migrating outside the country in search of livelihood and are also subjected to torture at the hands of their employers.

Recently, 25 labourers including 12 from Ganjam district faced such harassment in Riyadh in Saudi Arabia.

After OTV had first telecast a report on the plight of the 25 persons trapped in Saudi Arabia on May 9, Odisha Government and the Union External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in a tweet had directed the Indian Embassy in Saudi Arabia to facilitate for the return of the Odia labourers.

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