Mangalore: Travel agency owner refutes allegations of fraud
Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore
Mangalore, Nov 7: In connection to the allegations levelled by a woman that a visa agent and owner of Al-Iqlas Tours & Travels in the city had refused to pay her dues for her work in Saudi Arabia, the agent clarified to the media with evidence that the allegations against him were false.
It may be recalled that Ayesha, a resident of Miyapadavu of Kasargod, had claimed in a press meet on October 29 that she had been cheated by visa agent and travel agency owner K Abdul Khader and also harassed by her Saudi employer who allegedly did not pay her salary.
Addressing reporters on Thursday November 7, Khader said Ayesha had made false allegations and filed a complaint with Pandeshwar police. "Acting on the complaint, the police called me for investigation and when I produced all the documents, they confirmed that I was not a fraud," he said.
Khader said a woman named Ayesha from Manjeshwar had come to his office saying that she was in difficulty and needed some work abroad. "Hence, after thorough discussions, I had sent her to Saudi Arabia to work in a house on a contract of two years, promising a salary of 800 Riyals. She thus left for work on July 21, 2012," he said.
"All the expenses of Ayesha, including ticket, immigration, medical checkup were paid by the Al-Iqlas company and for her work in Saudi, she was promptly paid 800 Riyals for 8 months," he said, stating that Ayesha had violated the agreement terms by returning in eight months.
"For acting as a mediator between the employer and Ayesha, our company was paid commission out of which, I paid a sum of Rs 11,000 to her brother as her family was in trouble," Khader added.
"When an employee violates agreement terms, then he or she has to bear the expenses incurred so far. When this was the case, Ayesha levelled false allegations against us, that too by calling a press meet with the help of Tulunadu Rakshana Vedike," he said.
Nazeer Hussain, Shareef, Ilyas Mulky among others were present.