Hoshiarpur (Punjab), January 17: The Lok Bhalai Party today expressed concern over travel agents allegedly sending youths from the state abroad by duping them.
At a function here to honour Canadian NRI MP Gurbax Singh Malhi, party president Balwant Singh Ramoowalia claimed that 1,800 youths had died in their attempt emigrate and many were languishing in jails and detention centres in various countries.
Referring to the plight of young brides of absent NRIs, he claimed that more than 25,000 women in the state had been deserted by their husbands.
–Agencies