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Family members of 4 men, stranded successful Belarus for astir 2 months, submitted petitions astatine the Collectorate successful Kanniyakumari connected Monday, seeking their rescue
The 4 men had travelled to the European state for employment done a recruitment agency.
According to a petition submitted by Anitha of Vizhunthayambalam, her hubby T. Thangaswamy travelled to Belarus successful December 2025, aft being assured of a occupation done a backstage bureau based successful Coimbatore. “The recruitment bureau was paid ₹4 lakh successful instalments,” it said.
But astir 2 months had passed since her hubby reached Belarus and helium was not provided with immoderate job, due accommodation and food, the petition further said and appealed to the authorities to instrumentality contiguous steps to rescue him and retrieve the wealth paid to the agency.
When The Hindu contacted Mr. Thangaswamy, helium said the bureau had initially promised to unafraid a occupation successful Israel. However, aft receiving the money, the bureau stopped responding. “Even aft pursuing up with them for astir a year, they yet sent america for labour enactment successful Belarus.”
He added that helium and 3 others from Kanniyakumari territory and 5 from different districts of Tamil Nadu, , each recruited done the aforesaid agency, were stranded successful Belarus.
They were identified arsenic M. Vibin Raj, 41, from Verkilambi, J. Paul Nadar, 52, from Tholichal and P. Jose, 44, from Punkarai, each from Kanniyakumari district. Along with them, P. Marimuthu, 40, from Villupuram district, N. Perumal, 37, and Eswaran, 47, from Virudhunagar district, S. Arul from Tirupattur territory and R. Ramesh, 42, from Erode territory were besides stranded.
Mr. Thangaswamy said the bureau was not responding decently to their queries and each 9 of them were suffering hardships successful the chartless state amid terrible snowfall.
He requested the authorities to initiate enactment and rescue them from Belarus.
