Dubai: Two Indian women, who were allegedly forced into prostitution in Sharjah, have escaped from the clutches of their captors.
The women, aged 31 and 32, made their getaway on Saturday from a flat where they were locked up, and have been brought to the Indian Consulate in Dubai. They had come to the UAE on September 10 after being offered jobs as cleaners by an agent in Kerala.
One of them was quoted by Gulf News as saying that they were forced to work for long hours.
"I have three children back home and I came here to work as a cleaner. I have not been paid at all. I am also scared ... what if I have contracted some disease," she said.
The woman said the news of her father's death forced her to revolt against the 'agents'. When they refused to entertain any more men, they were both locked up in the flat as punishment.
"For the first couple of the days the agents' men came with food, but later their visits stopped. Left alone, we planned our escape. We came across a screwdriver... slowly we unscrewed the lock and got out of the flat early in the morning," said the woman.
K A Mathews, President of the Indian Association Sharjah, said he was in touch with the Department of Non-Resident Indian Affairs in Kerala as well as the Indian Minister for Overseas Affairs Vayalar Ravi and had given details about the two women.
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