Daijiworld Media Network – Muscat (EP)

Oman, Mar 27: Muscat Social Forum has succeeded in sending back to India a bedridden person hailing from Karnataka who was stranded in Muscat for want of travel documents.

Haleangady Chelar resident Mohammed Kabeer was in difficulty in Muscat. For the last ten days after surgery and medical treatment he was on recovery. The legal hurdles for his travel to his hometown were cleared and was he seen off at Muscat airport on March 27, said Social Forum's Abdul Hameed. All the details of the incident were explained to his home members and arrangements were made to take him to the hospital on arrival of the flight at Mangaluru.

Fifty year old Kabeer had gone to Dubai for employment in 2013. He worked there for five years, but lost documents pertaining to his job during this period and could not return. He had tried to return via Oman, but he developed ailment relating to urinary bladder and could not walk. The absence of documents made his case complex.

Social Forum activists saw Kabeer in distress, held discussions with Oman police, Indian embassy in Oman and administration of the hospital. The Indian embassy responded excellently in a humane manner.

Kabeer was recovering but needed another surgery and additional medical treatment, therefore an emergency passport was obtained, an air ticket was arranged and he was sent to Mangaluru on wheelchair in the flight.

Social Forum activists, Mohammed Asif, Samshuddin, Nooruddin, Yousuf Mukka, Maaz, Asif Haleangady, Abdul Salam Thumbe and others expressed their gratitude for having helped in the situation.