Saudi Arabian police rejected the claims of a 25-year-old man from Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj district, who claimed that he was being held in the Gulf country against his will after his employer confiscated his travel documents and forced him into desert labour.

Ankit Bharti, also known as Indrajit, posted a viral video in which he said he travelled to Riyadh on October 1 to earn money after being persuaded by his wife, Pinky, and his father-in-law, Rajesh Saroj. He told viewers that instead of the work he had been promised, he is being made to herd camels across a barren stretch, is isolated and frightened, and has repeatedly asked to be allowed to return home to his mother.

“I came to Saudi Arabia. Kapil has my passport. I told him I need to go home, but he is threatening to kill me,"

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