Man says temple kept him as slave

Earthtimes.org

NEW YORK, July 29 A man who came to New York from India in 2000 said he was kept as a slave in the temple where he worked, The New York Post reported.

Devendra Shukla, 31, said his captors repeatedly told him "this is what happens to people with brown skin" as they showed him pictures of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay.

Shukla told the Post he was made to work domestic tasks in the temple and sometimes worked 16-hour days. He said his captors hid his passport and refused to let him leave the temple.

The police were reportedly contacted, but were not told of Shukla's misery.

Shukla has filed a lawsuit against the temple, but temple officials say Shukla had his own cell phone and took temple donations for himself with the hopes of starting an astrology business, the newspaper said.