Former army officer cheated by Malayali owner gets 40 lakh rupees debt cleared; UAE government and Sumanuss settle the issue by paying money

Sharjah: A former army officer who was unable to return home after being cheated by his Malayali employer has been relieved of a huge financial burden. Thomasukutty Isaac (56), a native of Pavithreswaram, Kottarakkara, Kollam, was able to resolve his problem after the UAE government and philanthropists helped him by paying the amount of 162238 dirhams (40 lakh Indian rupees).

Thomasukutty, who had been working in the Indian Border Force for 22 years, retired from his job in 2009 and came to the UAE in 2015 due to financial crisis. On December 10, 2015, he joined a scrapping company in Sharjah owned by a Thrissur native as a driver. While applying for a visa at the company, the company owner made Thomasukutty sign the legal documents for visa procedures and the rental agreement for the flat he had taken for the employees to live in. After a year, Thomas left his current job and returned home. Then in 2017, he returned to work in another company in Abu Dhabi.

On February 27, 2022, while returning home for a surgery, he learned at the Dubai airport that there was a case and a travel ban against him. Thomasukutty, who did not understand what had happened, investigated in detail and came to know about the fraud of the scrapping company owner. Thomas realized that the company owner had rented a flat in his name and had not paid rent for three years and that he could be exempted from the case only by paying the rent arrears of 162238 dirhams (Rs. 40 lakhs). With this, Thomasukutty, who was in financial and mental crisis, approached many law firms, lawyers and social workers, but no one came forward to help him.

Not knowing what to do with this, Thomasukutty approached Reverend Dr. Wilson Joseph of the Sharjah Worship Center. Then, under the leadership of the father, he approached Salam Pappinissery, CEO of Yab Legal Services in the UAE, to find a solution to this problem. Yab Legal Services contacted the Sharjah court, but it was found that an amount of 162238 dirhams (40 lakh Indian rupees) was outstanding on the account of a labor camp held for workers in Thomasukutty's name. Although he contacted the people who filed the case, they informed him that they would not give clearance until the entire amount was paid.

Thomasukutty, who was facing financial difficulties in his home country, had no means to pay the money. As if to solve the problem, Father Wilson and Salam Pappinissery together sought help from well-wishers and charity organizations affiliated with the UAE government and found a solution to the problem.

Salam Pappinissery explained that those who make rental agreements for companies or on their own must obtain a clearance certificate from the municipality when they cancel it, otherwise there is a possibility of such problems occurring.