Archive · 2 Oct 2026
Ranchi Nurse Alleges Dubai Job Scam, Seeks Safe Return
Monica Kachhap is a nurse from Ranchi who wanted a better-paying job abroad.
She says an Instagram recruiter promised her nursing work in Dubai.
After she arrived in the UAE, she was taken to an office and asked to sign papers.
She later learned that the papers allegedly said she owed 12,600 dirhams.
Monica says she was instead sent to clean homes and care for people.
Her family says her passport was kept and that she was threatened with jail if she did not pay more money.
They also say her phone was taken and some messages were deleted.
Her family reported the allegations to police and asked Indian authorities for help.
Monica says she wants to return to India.
Monica Kachhap says an Instagram contact promised her a nursing job in the UAE.
She alleges she was made to sign documents describing a 12,600-dirham loan she never took.
Kachhap says her passport was retained and she was sent to perform domestic and caregiving work.
Her family alleges fraud, trafficking, forced labour and extortion by recruiters linked to AMD Trend Solution LLC.
An FIR was registered in Ranchi, while the family seeks help from Indian authorities to bring her home.
- Who
- Monica Kachhap, her family, and recruiters identified as Priyanka, Ritesh Kumar and Mohammad Meraj Ansari; the complaint also names AMD Trend Solution LLC.
- What
- Kachhap alleges that a promised UAE nursing job became domestic and caregiving work, while recruiters imposed an alleged debt and prevented her return.
- When
- She travelled to the UAE in May 2025; the FIR was registered on September 29, according to one report. The reports differ on whether she reached the UAE on May 5 or May 6, and on her age, giving it as 35 or 37.
- Where
- Kachhap travelled from Delhi to Sharjah and was taken to an office in Ajman; the FIR was registered at Ranchi’s Airport police station.
- Why
- She sought better-paying overseas work to help support her family and pay her mother’s medical expenses, but says the promised nursing job was not provided.
Family’s Allegations
Recruiters’ Position
Nature of the job
Family’s Allegations
Kachhap and her family say she was promised nursing employment but was instead sent to homes for housekeeping and caregiving.
Recruiters’ Position
The recruitment agency’s operators did not respond to The Indian Express’s request for comment, so their account is not available.
Alleged debt and restrictions
Family’s Allegations
The family says Kachhap never borrowed money and that the alleged 12,600-dirham debt, passport retention and threats of jail were used to stop her from leaving.
Recruiters’ Position
No response from the named recruiters was reported regarding the alleged loan, passport retention or threats.
Legal allegations
Family’s Allegations
The family has accused the recruiters of fraud, trafficking, forced labour and extortion, and police have begun investigating.
Recruiters’ Position
The allegations remain under investigation, and no finding of guilt is reported in the articles.
- Promised employment
- Nursing job in Dubai or the UAE
- Alleged debt
- 12,600 dirhams, with a larger repayment demand reportedly reaching 14,000 dirhams or about Rs 3.5 lakh
- Recruitment contact
- Priyanka, whom Kachhap says she contacted through Instagram
- Agency named
- AMD Trend Solution LLC
- Police action
- An FIR was registered at Ranchi’s Airport police station on September 29, according to one report
- Alleged work
- Housekeeping, domestic chores, and care for elderly people, children and patients
- Requested assistance
- The family has sought intervention from the Ministry of External Affairs, the Jharkhand administration and the Indian Embassy
