Archive · 5 Sep 2026
Tamil Nadu Worker Seeks Kuwait Rescue as Embassy Offers Help
Vanitha is a domestic worker from Tamil Nadu who went to Kuwait for a job.
She said she travelled there three months ago with help from an employment agent.
In a video, she asked officials to rescue her and bring her back to India.
She alleged that her employers tortured her and treated her cruelly.
She also said she had not received proper food for more than 50 days.
Vanitha said her salary had not been paid for two months.
Her mother, Vennila, asked officials in Tamil Nadu to help quickly.
Vanitha said she was afraid for her life.
The Indian Embassy in Kuwait said it was helping her and that she was at the embassy.
Vanitha, a domestic worker from Tamil Nadu’s Kallakurichi district, sought rescue in an SOS video from Kuwait.
She alleged that her employers tortured her, treated her cruelly and denied her proper food for more than 50 days.
She said she had not received her salary for two months after travelling to Kuwait through an employment agent three months earlier.
Vanitha appealed to Kallakurichi Collector J. E. Padmaja and Superintendent of Police Shahnaz I. to help her return to India.
The Indian Embassy in Kuwait said it had offered assistance and that Vanitha was currently at the embassy.
- Who
- Vanitha, a domestic worker from Kallakurichi district; her mother Vennila; and Indian officials, including the Indian Embassy in Kuwait.
- What
- Vanitha sought rescue and alleged torture, inadequate food, cruel treatment and unpaid wages by her employers.
- When
- She said she travelled to Kuwait three months before the report; the report was dated September 4.
- Where
- The allegations concerned Kuwait, while her family and the officials she contacted were in Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu.
- Why
- She said she feared for her life and could not bear the alleged treatment.
- Worker
- Vanitha, a domestic worker from Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu
- Destination
- Kuwait
- Travel route
- She said she travelled through an employment agent three months before the report
- Food allegation
- She said she had been denied proper food for more than 50 days
- Wage allegation
- She said her salary had not been paid for two months
- Family appeal
- Her mother, Vennila, appealed to the district administration for immediate intervention
- Embassy response
- The Indian Embassy in Kuwait said it offered assistance and that Vanitha was currently at the embassy
