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Sushma Swaraj Helps Rescue Girl Held Captive In UAE, Wins Praise On Twitter

After Rough Few Months, Finally Some Praise For Sushma Swaraj On Twitter For Rescue Of Captive Girl In UAE
A bare chest protester of India's opposition Congress party's youth wing wears a mask with portrait of Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj as he participates in a protest in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015. The protesters demonstrated against the decision of Lok Sabha, or the lower house speaker, Sumitra Mahajan of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), who suspended 25 Congress party members from the Lok Sabha. The opposition also continued to demand the resignation of the two leaders of BJP for allegedly helping a former Indian cricket official facing investigation for financial irregularities. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal)
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A bare chest protester of India's opposition Congress party's youth wing wears a mask with portrait of Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj as he participates in a protest in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015. The protesters demonstrated against the decision of Lok Sabha, or the lower house speaker, Sumitra Mahajan of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), who suspended 25 Congress party members from the Lok Sabha. The opposition also continued to demand the resignation of the two leaders of BJP for allegedly helping a former Indian cricket official facing investigation for financial irregularities. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal)

Sushma Swaraj may have won a lot of brickbats in Parliament this Monsoon Session, trying to defend herself in the controversy over Lalit Modi's travel documents, but the Foreign Minister finally found some praise on social media for her intervention in the rescue of a girl in UAE.

On August 22, user Dev Tamboli tweeted his predicament to Sushma Swaraj, seeking help from her in rescuing his sister, who was 'locked in a room' in UAE.

@SushmaSwaraj need help for rescuing my sister fm UAE. She went to UAE for job on 14th but now locked in a room pls contact me +97466893988

— Dev Tamboli (@Devtamboli) August 21, 2015

Within minutes, Swaraj assured him help. She got in touch with the Ambassador in UAE to help Tamboli. Tamboli got a call from the Ambassador within 15 minutes of Swaraj's tweet.

@SushmaSwaraj thanks, just got call from embassador. I launched complaint with help of my friends in UAE and Dubai CID also started action

— Dev Tamboli (@Devtamboli) August 22, 2015

By next day, Swaraj tweeted that the government has been able to rescue Tamboli's sister with the help of local police. "She is being moved to a shelter home run by Indian Embassy in Dubai," Swaraj said.

We have rescued your sister with help of local Police. She is being moved to a shelter home run by Indian Embassy in Dubai. @Devtamboli

— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) August 22, 2015

Twitter users heaped praise on the minister, describing her as "worthy, proactive, and helpful".

@sushmaswaraj@devtamboli Kudos I am speechless our MEA has become so proactive & helpful. Something for embassies to learn emulate across!

— NK (@NaraayanKannan) August 22, 2015

@SushmaSwaraj@Devtamboli very proud to have a foreign minister as u first time in indian history KUDOS

— Kuhoo_India (@Kuhoo2014) August 23, 2015

@SushmaSwaraj@Devtamboli

This is called working proactive EAM.

Earlier EAMs/Ministers were famous for luggages.

https://t.co/NokGu9ibWC

— Anil SAPRE (@anilsapre) August 22, 2015

@SushmaSwaraj@Devtamboli Thanks Madam...Good to see...we will be super power soon....congratulation and my hearty thanks for rescusing them

— karthick natesan (@karthickn23) August 23, 2015

But this isn't the first time that Swaraj has used Twitter to help Indians stranded abroad.

From helping those stuck in conflict zones to getting people in touch with their children and their parents, Swaraj and her team used Twitter actively to reach out to Indians in times of crisis.

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