mangaluru two persons from andhra pradesh are languishing in saudi arabia jail after two agents from mangaluru allegedly duped them by not providing them iqama residency permitsmangalurubased ms afifa tours travels al rahaba plaza on nellikai road had assured 19 persons employment in afnan al masshiriq contracting and caterings services est the agents identified as khaderalake and hasan anwar saudi had been paid rs 85000 to rs 65000 through their sub agents in hyderabad according to a complaint lodged at mangaluru south police station by social worker chand pasha from karimnagar andhra pradesh recentlypasha stated the two accused claimed they were sub agents for ms anwar general services corporation mumbai for the year 2013 and had assured employment to 19 persons from hyderabad of them two persons muruguchinnanarsayya and ragulamallesh have been arrested saudi authorities and have been jailed for not possessing iqama residency permits the condition of other 17 is also pitiable stated pashaan iqama is a residence permit issued to those expatriates who arrive in kingdom of saudi arabia on an employment visa the iqama is valid for a period of one to two years this visa permits an expatriate to work in ksa on the sponsorship of a saudi company or a saudi citizen the said amounts were paid to palepu raja gangaramorugantidevadas and renjilaravinder alias rajender by the 19 persons who allegedly acted as sub agents of khaderalake and hasan anwar saudims afifa tours travels had got their visas stamped and visa cleared and sent these unfortunate persons via hyderabad to saudi on july 20 2013mangaluru south police inspectordinakarshetty said the investigations are on in the case and preliminary findings were that the mangaluru agency did not have permission from ministry of external affairs for visa stamping or clearance