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Article: Indian workers of Bahrain firm return home empty handed

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September 9, 2006
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Dubai, Sep 9 -- Two Indian survivors of a July 30 fire at a Bahraini labour camp in which 16 Indian workers perished have been sent back to India without full settlement of their dues.

Velmurugan Kumaraswamy and Ravi Muthuswamy were each paid only 60 Bahraini dinars (BD) by the Bahrain-based Royal Tower Construction Company for their tickets up to Mumbai. They had to pay an extra BD30 each from their own pocket to buy tickets up to their home in Chennai, according to news reports.

The two had earlier been kept for a night at the Riffa Police station in Manama after the company accused them of instigating other workers not to work. Later the Indian embassy had to intervene for their release.

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