Two students, who had gone to Beirut, on the pretext of getting a job into merchant navy, returned safely, but dejected as they were not received by the company representative. The duo had gone to join the ship 'MAD VOYAGE' as cadets, but since the representative of the shipping agency did not turn up at the airport to receive the two, they were detained at the airport and deported to Mumbai for having just a 24-hour valid visa.
Identified as Kush Somaiya (18) and Brijesh Rai (18) both are resident of Mulund. They took admission in SMTF Institute for the Merchant Navy training and were offered the job in Beirut.
On knowing they both were selected for the job in Beirut, they couldn't control their excitement. However, due to the negligence of the authorities both of them were detained at the airport for three days and later with the help of former MP Kirit Somaiya they were released. The Mulund police are investigating the issue.
Speaking with DNA, Kush Somaiya and Brijesh Rai said, "We took admission in SMTF Institute last year and also passed out. Later we were selected for our first job in 'MAD VOYAGE' ship as cadets for which we took a flight on August 4 and reached Beirut airport. The agency gave us a day's valid visa. On the airport, nobody came to receive us, and though we tried contacting the agency, nobody responded. Later on August 5, Beirut airport police detained us and took us in custody."
"We narrated the entire incident to the police, but they were not ready to understand. We didn't have that much money to return to and so we contacted our family in Mumbai," Kush and Brijesh said. The duo's family met the MP Kirit Somaiya for help.
Speaking with DNA Kirit Somaiya said, "I informed our Indian embassy about the duo stuck at Beirut airport and detained by Lebanon police. When contacted, the Immigration Officer of External Affairs Ministry at BKC, informed me that both were cheated by 'New Mumbai Merchant Navy' agency and took lakhs of rupees from them. They were not selected for any job on the ship. Later I contacted the Indian Embassy, Sashi Kumar for help and he sent a report to the Beirut authorities and released both of them.
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