Overview
- The group landed in Mumbai on Tuesday and was slated to take a train to Jharkhand on Wednesday, according to the State Migrant Control Room.
- Officials said the Indian High Commission in Cameroon worked with local authorities to secure five months of pending salaries for each worker.
- The men—Sunil Mahato, Sukar Mahato, Chandrashekhar Kumar, Dilon Mahato and Dilchand Mahato—hail from Hazaribagh and Giridih districts.
- They were recruited for transmission-line work by a Mumbai-based multinational, and their video appeal reached social activist Sikander Ali, who alerted the Labour Department.
- The Indian Express reported the workers’ account that they purchased their own tickets and received dues only in parts, diverging from the official version.