Indian slapped with travel ban over unpaid bills
Monday, 21/07/2014
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Riyadh: An Indian in Saudi Arabia has been slapped with a travel ban over his inability to pay staggeringly high phone bills for SIM cards that he claimed were falsely registered under his name, a media report said Sunday.
Shamsuddin Ansari, who is employed as a driver, has been issued with three outstanding phone bills worth over 22,000 Saudi riyals (around $5,900) by Saudi Arabia's leading telecom company in capital Riyadh, Arab News reported.
Ansari approached the telecom company to clear his name from the defaulters list, but to no avail.
The Indian driver filed a complaint with the police earlier this month.
He also sought help from the governor's office in Saudi Arabia to clear his name.
"I am oblivious to where these bills have come up from. There are three SIM cards under my name and ID. I am a house driver and cannot afford three SIM cards in the first place," the report quoted Ansari as saying.
