Archive · 5 Oct 2026
Telangana Worker Seeks Return After Alleged Oman Job Scam
Borubonthala Nagesh is a farmer from Telangana who travelled to Oman for work.
He says an agent promised him a salary of Rs 1.2 lakh a month.
Nagesh says he paid the agent Rs 80,000.
He alleges that, after arriving, he was made to do domestic work instead.
He says he is paid only Rs 75 a day and does not get proper food or support.
He says he is having trouble getting home.
In a video, he asked the Telangana government and the Indian government to help him return.
The report also describes other people from Telangana who alleged they were mistreated after travelling to Oman for jobs.
It says official data shows many complaints about overseas recruitment fraud and workplace grievances.
Borubonthala Nagesh, a farmer from Telangana, says an agent promised him a job in Oman paying Rs 1.2 lakh monthly.
Nagesh alleges he was instead made to do domestic work, receives Rs 75 a day and lacks adequate food and support.
He says he paid the agent Rs 80,000 and has difficulty returning to India.
Nagesh appealed to the Telangana government and the Centre to help bring him home.
Parliamentary data cited in the report records 339 fraudulent overseas recruitment complaints from Telangana in three years; Oman accounted for about 13,000 complaints among Gulf-country grievances from 2021 to 2025.
- Who
- Borubonthala Nagesh, a farmer from Kotha Tarlapadu village in Telangana, and an agent from Jagtial district.
- What
- Nagesh alleges he was deceived about an overseas job and is asking authorities to help him return to India.
- When
- The article does not specify when Nagesh travelled to Oman or made his video appeal.
- Where
- Nagesh is in Oman; he is from Kotha Tarlapadu village in Telangana, India.
- Why
- He says the agent's promised job and salary did not match the work and pay he received after arriving.
- Promised salary
- Rs 1,20,000
- Amount Nagesh says he paid
- Rs 80,000
- Pay Nagesh says he receives
- Rs 75 daily
- Telangana recruitment-fraud complaints
- 339 in the last three years, according to MEA data presented in Parliament
- Gulf-country grievances
- More than 80,000 complaints involving abuse, exploitation and workplace grievances from 2021 to 2025
- Oman grievances
- About 13,000 complaints in the same period