11 migrant workers from India allege that they have been stranded in Oman with their passports confiscated by their employers upon refusing to continue to work round the clock without being paid.
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Mustafa Sheikh, a farmer from West Bengal’s Murshidabad, left for Oman a year back. He was promised a payment for 100 Rial for a 10-hour shift of cleaning roads by the Al Sroor National for Development Limited.
“When we reached, we were first posted in Muscat, where instead of cleaning roads, we were appointed to segregate and load huge quantities of waste generated by domestic housing and shopping malls,” said Mr. Sheikh.
Then Mr. Sheikh and his 10 others, all from West Bengal’s Murshidabad, were allegedly made to work close to 15 hours a day, without being paid for the extra hours. “We were told that we would get additional pay for extra hours and 4 leaves a month, but that did not materialise,” said Sheikh.
