Hyderabad, June 9 -- A 42-year-old man from Telangana has been stranded in Dubai for over seven months after being misled by a sub-agent who falsely promised him a job in Iraq. His family is now seeking urgent government intervention to bring him home.

Kishtapuram Lasmanna, originally from Bopparam village in Soan Mandal, Nirmal district, had returned home after years of working in Gulf countries. In November last year, he paid Rs 2 lakh to a local middleman who, along with a sub-agent from Chakkirala, assured him of a job opportunity in Iraq.

Instead, Lasmanna was sent to Dubai on a building labour visa through Dubai Power Recruitment LLC, with the sub-agent claiming the Iraq posting would take some time to process.

Since then, Lasman...