Beset by poverty at home, Banke women face horror abroad

Several debt-ridden Nepali women who illegally visited Gulf nations for jobs are in captivity and crying for help.

For the past month, Pramila Baidar’s husband, Resham Baidar, has been making rounds of various government offices, requesting officials to help him repatriate his ailing wife from Oman. Every time, he has returned disappointed.