Hyderabad, July 31 -- A 56-year-old Hyderabadi who had been stranded in Saudi Arabia after suffering a stroke and facing a travel ban has returned home, with LuLu Group founder and chairman MA Yusuff Ali intervening to facilitate his repatriation, according to media reports.

Mohammed Abdul Aleem, a resident of Chandrayangutta, had worked as a salesman in Saudi Arabia for more than 15 years. During that period, he purchased a car on instalments before returning to India after his wife fell seriously ill. Following her death, he remained in India for nearly three years and was unable to continue the instalment payments on the vehicle.

Aleem later returned to Saudi Arabia on a new visa and found work as a house driver. However, the unpaid ...