Suniel Shetty has fought thugs and assisted individuals in need on-screen. However, did you know that he was also a hero in real life? The actor prevented the trafficking of hundreds of Nepalese women. With the aid of the police, social workers, and his mother-in-law, Suniel set up their flight home.
Charimaya Tamang, the founder of Shakti Samuha, an organisation that aids victims of sex trafficking, spoke about how she was abducted from her village in 1996 and saved by “Indian hero” Suniel Shetty in an old Vice video.
In the film, she stated, “On February 5, 1996, social workers and police had cordoned off the entire Kamathipura, the brothel district. We were escorted out of there. In this manner were we saved. Our government (Nepal), after saving us, refused to send us back. They claimed we lacked our citizenship cards and birth certificates.
Suneil Shetty, who is your movie idol, helped us at that point, she continued. He obtained airline tickets to Kathmandu for 128 rescued women.
Suniel Shetty had remarked that a movie could be made on the incident while recalling it. He also declined to claim sole responsibility for negotiating the repatriation of 128 women, claiming that many people put a lot of effort into the undertaking.
According to what he said to Bollywood Hungama, “We didn’t really consider the cost of flying tickets. The price wasn’t that significant. The effort was what mattered. The Save The Children NGO was founded by my mother-in-law and is still going strong today. We are all a part of it. She is the source of the idea. She made the decision to run the risk of saving the girls and endangering her reputation with the mafia. Together with the Mumbai Police and Naresh Goyal’s Jet Airways, Shetty worked “passionately” with her.
The Hera Pheri actor reasoned that since “I am an actor,” the women who were saved undoubtedly recalled his name. Lekin mehnat bahut saare logon ki thi, he said. Itni bade mafia se takkar lenge paiso se zyada humne jigar dikhaya ki in bachchiyon ki madat karenge. (But many people put in a lot of effort. We all exhibited guts in helping these women despite not having any money and risking getting in trouble with the mob.
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