How a Punjabi billionaire saved many Indians from execution/ imprisonment in UAE
Oberoi at the Dubai labour camp he owns (Photo: Varinder Bhatia)
Jagtar Singh has never stopped regretting the day he agreed to his son’s request to go to Dubai. Satwinder Singh was 24 years old, the son of a small mill-owner, growing increasingly frustrated by the lack of opportunities in Barnala, Punjab.
In January 2014, he landed a job in Al Ain, Sharjah, as an industrial worker. It would pay him 4,000 AED (about Rs 70,000) a month — a big sum for the Class XII passout.
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