Indian mission offers to fly home Hyderabad woman seen starving on Chicago streets

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The Consulate General of India in Chicago, US, has offered medical and travel assistance to Syeda Zaidi, a woman from Hyderabad who was found starving on the streets of Chicago last week..

The consulate stated that they have been able to contact Zaidi and have offered her help, including medical assistance and travel back to India..

They have confirmed that she is currently in a fit condition and has already spoken to her mother in India...

Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader Khaleequr Rahman shared a copy of a letter written by Zaidis mother Fatima, addressed to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar..

However, the Ministry of External Affairs and the Indian Consulate in Chicago said that Zaidi is currently unable to travel immediately...

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