Mangaluru: After six months 35 youth get caught in a job fraud, the “Manikya Associates who sent the youths to abroad expressed the support to bring back them to India.

Speaking at the press meet, Prasad Shetty, owner of the manpower consultants Manikya Associates said, we have already met MLA Vedavyas Kamath and police commissioner in this regard and showed all the documents. We also discussed the matter with MP Nalin Kumar. We are ready to give every kind of co-operation and support to bring those youths back to India,”

He said,  “Manikya Associates has sent the job aspirants from Mangaluru on the request of Hawk Consultancy situated in Mumbai and they had arranged jobs for these aspirants in Aspect Petroleum Services Company in Kuwait. Manikya Associates is in no way in related to their work at Aspect Petroleum Services Company in Kuwait. Manikya Associates has acted only as a link between these job aspirants and Hawk Consultancy,” clarified the firm.

lawyer Chandrahas K said, “Manikya Associates exists since last 12 years and we have not gone through this type of situation. Manikya Associates was just a link between job aspirants and Hawk Consultancy. Manikya Associates has already paid money to Hawk Consultancy for recruiting job aspirants. Hawk Consultancy asked us to conduct the interviews. Job aspirants are also aware about our role in the issue.”