JALANDHAR: The district police have booked a travel agent for allegedly selling a woman from Gorsian village of Jalandhar to a Saudi Arabian family as a slave for Rs 3.5 lakh. The victim Paramjit Kaur (39) has allegedly not been receiving any salary.A case has been registered at the Bilga police station against travel agent Resham Bhatti , also a Gorsian resident, for cheating, selling a person as slave, criminal conspiracy and under provisions of Human Trafficking Act, on the complaint of Paramjit's husband Malkiat Ram. "I have to work throughout the day with little break and am not even getting proper food. They don't allow me to move out though I have been allowed to speak to my family on the phone. I have been told that I will not get any salary as the family purchased me from agents for Rs 3.5 lakh," she said.

Source: Times of India September 15, 2017 02:02 UTC