Hyderabad, Oct. 14 -- A Telangana migrant worker stranded in Saudi Arabia in a case involving prohibited medicines has prompted his wife to seek government intervention for legal assistance and his safe return to India.

Arugula Gangadhar, a native of Valegaon village in Bhainsa mandal of Nirmal district, had been working as a labourer in Riyadh for five years. He travelled to India in February 2025 and returned to Saudi Arabia in April that year, when a case was registered against him over prohibited medicines, Swadesh Parikipandla, a member of the state NRI Advisory Committee, told Siasat.com.

According to Swadesh, Gangadhar had carried medicines purchased on a doctor's advice for personal use. His family has the medical prescription a...