Amid outrage over the Saudi incident where an Indian woman's hand was chopped off by her employer, Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh today urged people to go abroad for employment only through recognised agents to prevent instances of exploitation. He cautioned people against being misguided by agents to get jobs in other countries.

"Through the media, I want to tell people not to be misguided by agents to get jobs in foreign nations. People who go to other countries like this (through bogus agents) are not made aware of the rules of the country and what should be done at critical times," he said in reply to queries about the incident.