Over a dozen youths from Punjab are apparently stranded in Armenia after falling prey to deceptive travel agents promising greener pastures to them in Europe, if a video circulating on social media is anything to go by.
In the footage, these stranded youths are seen making fervent appeals for help, revealing the ordeal they’ve endured at the hands of unscrupulous travel agents.
Speaking in Punjabi, one of the youths in the video recounts their ordeal, stating they were deceived and trapped on false promise of work opportunities abroad by fake travel agents.
“We have been kept in Armavir jail and are threatened with prison sentences of three to six years. We were coerced into signing documents we couldn’t even comprehend, as we are…