Hyderabad, Feb. 2 -- A 36-year-old Kashmiri engineer from Srinagar's Soura city has been languishing in prison in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for four years, leaving his family in a state of perpetual anxiety and hope.

The incident dates back to March 1, 2020, when Abdul Rafi Babawas detained by Saudi police at his workplace at King Faisal University in Hofuf,a city in Saudi Arabia's Al-Ahsa region. Since then, his family has made nonstop visits to every organization and countless inquiries in pursuit of crucial information about his safety and whereabouts.

The Kashmiri engineer travelled to Saudi Arabia 10 years ago to pursue better job prospects. He had been the pillar of his family's financial stability. However, his sudden arrest ma...