Four Indian women belonging to Tamil Nadu were rescued from Dubai dance bar | Photo Credit: Getty Images

Chennai: Four Indian women belonging to Tamil Nadu flew back home on Friday after being rescued from their employer by Dubai Police following a tip-off from the Indian consulate. The four women, all hailing from Coimbatore, were duped by their employer in Dubai and forced into working as bar dancers.

According to reports, the women were made to believe that they will be working for an event management company, however, when they reached Dubai, they were detained illegally by their employer and were then forced to work in a dance bar.

The matter came to light when one of the women managed to get her phone and narrated her ordeal to her family members via WhatsApp. The case was then brought to the attention of India's Minister of State for External Affairs Vellamvelly Muraleedharan, who asked the Indian mission in Dubai to intervene and rescue the girls.

The Dubai police acted swiftly after being apprised of the situation by the Indian consulate and all the women - all in their twenties - were rescued. According to MEA officials, the ministry will now write to Tamil Nadu government, seeking firm action against the agent who sent the women to Dubai.

"Acting on an alert, with the help of local authorities @cgidubai has rescued four young Indian female workers belonging to Tamil Nadu today. They were duped and detained illegally by their employer in Dubai," Union Minister Muraleedharan tweeted.

"Our Consulate in Dubai. CGI Dubai is arranging their repatriation back to India quickly. Narendra Modi government never compromises on the welfare of Indian workers abroad," the minister said in another tweet.

Notably, a similar case was reported last year from Dubai when another group of women was rescued from a dance bar. They were also lured to Dubai on the pretext of a job but ended up being forced to work as bar dancers.

