Father seeks Governor’s help for ailing son in Saudi Arabia

Tribune News Service

Shimla, May 10

Charan Singh from Chamyawal village of Arki tehsil in Solan district today urged Governor Acharya Devvrat to extend support in bringing his son Jitender Singh, who was seriously injured in a road accident in Saudi Arabia, back to India.

Requesting the Governor to take up the matter with Union Government, he said that Jitender Singh had been employed in Saudi Arabia through an Indian company.

He sustained serious injuries in a road accident on October 25 2015 due to which lower part of the body become paralytic.

He claimed that he had been under treatment in a hospital for the last six months but now the hospital authorities had told him that he would be discharged immediately.

He added that being a poor man and having no passport and visa, he was not in a position to attend to his son in Saudi Arabia and added that the passport and visa of Jitender had also been kept by the company with them.

He urged the Governor to take up the matter with Centre for providing required treatment and making arrangements for safe shifting of his son besides settling the matter of service dues with the company.

The Governor expressed concern over the matter and assured Charan Singh that he would take up the matter at appropriate level.