A racket involving women working as domestic help on visit visas in Bahrain has come to light after two Bhiwandi-residents escaped from their sponsors. Saira Banu Kamruddin Shaikh and her elder sister, Zulekha Mohrab Ali Shaikh took shelter at the Indian Embassy in Bahrain on May 28.u00a0

The siblings, who escaped from their places of work in Bahrain, said they were ill-treated by their employers, and have worked in Saudi Arabia and Oman before. Saira and Zulekha are now at the Migrant Workers Protection Society (MWPS) shelter and await repatriation to India. However, their family in Bhiwandi is clueless about the duo’s whereabouts.