Jalandhar, Jan. 6 -- As many as five Punjab women, who were trapped in Oman, have been repatriated back to India. On their arrival, one of the women from Jalandhar met Rajya Sabha member Balbir Singh Seechewal, who took up the matter for their repatriation with the ministry of external affairs.

Seechewal said the victim families submitted the written representation with him on December 16 last year following which the matter was taken up with the concerned ministry. Sharing her ordeal with the media, the victim said she was sent abroad in September on the pretext of employment.

"Upon reaching Oman, I discovered that she had been duped. The person responsible for trapping her was none other than her own aunt, who abandoned her in Oman an...