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Saudi Police Dismiss Viral ‘Help Me’ Video by Indian Worker as Stunt as Indian Embassy Seeks Leads

India’s mission says it needs the man’s location or contacts before it can act.

Overview

  • A short clip shows a Bhojpuri-speaking man in Saudi Arabia alleging his sponsor named Kapil seized his passport and threatened to kill him, pleading, “Please help me, I will die.”
  • The Indian Embassy in Riyadh said it is trying to trace the individual but cannot proceed without verifiable details such as location, contact number or employer information.
  • Officials asked the original poster, Delhi lawyer Kalpana Shrivastav, for source details and urged Prayagraj authorities and family members to share information via cw.riyadh@mea.gov.in.
  • Saudi Eastern Province Police called the claims baseless, said the man recorded the video to boost social-media views, reported no dispute with his employer, and noted he was summoned with legal measures taken.
  • Indian authorities have not confirmed the man’s identity or whereabouts; some media named him as Ankit Bharti, also known as Indrajit, which the embassy has not verified.