Indian consulate offers to bring home Hyderabad woman seen starving on Chicago streets

The Consulate Common of India within the US on Saturday supplied medical and journey help to a Hyderabad lady who was seen ravenous on the streets of Chicago. The consulate mentioned that she was match and had spoken to her mom in India. 

“Comfortable that we might contact Ms Syeda Zaidi and supplied assist, together with medical help and journey to India. She is match and has spoken to her mom in India. She is but to answer our supply of assist to return to India. We stand prepared to increase to her all help,” the consulate mentioned. 

Syeda Lulu Minhaj Zaidi, who got here to the US for a grasp’s diploma, was discovered ravenous on the streets of Chicago final week. Additional investigation revealed that she was robbed of all her belongings and was depressed. Amjed Ullah Khan, a spokesman for the Telangana-based Majlis Bachao Tehreek (MBT), introduced her scenario to mild. Her mom, Syeda Wahaj Fatima, wrote to Exterior Affairs Minister S Jaishankar after she was noticed wandering on the streets and pleaded to “instantly intervene” and convey her daughter again “as quickly as attainable.”

Fatima’s letter reads, “That is to state that my daughter Syeda Lulu Minhaj Zaidi went to pursue her Grasp’s in Info Science from TRINE College, Detroit, USA, in Aug 2021…She was in contact with us. For the final two months, she was not in contact with me, and lately, by two Hyderabadi youths, we got here to know that my daughter is in deep despair and all her belongings had been stolen, attributable to which she is on the verge of hunger and is being seen on the roads of Chicago.”

“It’s requested to kindly ask the Embassy of India, Washington DC, USA, and the Indian Consulate in Chicago, USA to instantly intervene and convey again my daughter as quickly as attainable to India. Needed motion taken on this regard could also be knowledgeable,” she added.

An MBT spokesman mentioned that they had requested S Jaishankar to assist facilitate Syeda Lulu Minhaj Zaidi’s return to India. “After my tweet, I obtained a reply from the Ministry of Exterior Affairs and the Indian Consulate in Chicago that she just isn’t in a situation to journey instantly,” the spokesperson mentioned. 

“We try to ship her dad and mom to Chicago to handle her. The dad and mom wouldn’t have passports. We have now appealed to IT Minister KTR (Telangana) to assist them get passports and visas from the US Consulate in Hyderabad. Many people and organisations have come ahead for his or her journey to the US,” he mentioned.

“We additionally bought a fast response from the federal government. We thank S Jaishankar, and Indian Consulate in Chicago, and in addition all of the organisations which have come ahead to assist them,” Khan added.

The MBT spokesperson beforehand tweeted, “Ms Syeda Lulu Minhaj Zaidi from Hyderabad went to pursue MS from TRINE College, Detroit was present in a really unhealthy situation in Chicago, IL. Her mom has appealed to Dr S Jaishankar to carry again her daughter. Would respect quick assist.”