Overview
- Principal Resident Commissioner Vishal Gagan wrote to the MEA seeking urgent repatriation and disbursal of due remuneration for six Odia migrants in Thailand.
- The letter shared passport details for workers from Kendrapara and Bhadrak and requested coordination to bring them home safely.
- The men report three to four months of unpaid salaries, employer intimidation when they asked for pay, and recent disruption of food at their accommodation.
- Workers say they were recruited via agents Om Prakash and Jai Prakash from Gorakhpur with promises of Rs 25,000 per month plus lodging and meals.
- BJD president Naveen Patnaik publicly urged swift intervention, while no public confirmation of MEA action or wage recovery had been issued.