Arbaaz Khan and Malaika had recently visited London for holidays along with their son Arhaan. They had also taken
along their son's nanny Jackin Fernandes, who had been working them for over a year.
They had employed her
through an agency and she came highly recommended as she had worked as a maid before with an Indian family in
Russia with no complaints. But little did the celebrity couple know about this nanny's personal agenda on their London
trip.
"Ever since she joined us she worked efficiently and patiently with Arhaan, his previous nanny had to leave the job
because of health reasons, I always felt whether my son would ever be able to adjust to his new nanny, as his previous
one was there since he was 4 months old.
But to our surprise Arhaan had taken well to her and she loved
taking care of him as well. This new nanny's name is Jackin Fernandes and she hails from Belgaum in Karnataka, she's
married has a 6 year old daughter.
Her husband Raymond Fernandes works as a welder cum fabricator in
Dubai since last 10 years. Jackin, in the last one year has travelled with us to a number of places including Dubai and
Singapore.
This time we took her along with us to London too, we began to trust her completely, only for her to
shatter all our faith and trust in her in one second." Arbaaz recalls in his blog update.
He continues, "Just two days before Malaika was returning, Jackin was with the kids in a nearby park, she was also
entrusted with the apartment keys. That day she left for the apartment on the pretext of getting a jacket for my son
Arhaan, as it had got a bit nippy but dint return.
Malaika kept calling the phone she was given but there was no
answer. When Malaika went to the apartment to check, there was nobody there, Jackin's phone was lying on the ground
and she was nowhere in sight.
Malaika panicked. She noticed Jackin's suitcase was also not there; her
passport had been kept with us safely in another bag under lock and key.
When she opened the bag she saw
Jackin's passport missing, it soon became evident that Jackin had left. There were valuables and some money too lying
in the bag but she stole nothing, all she wanted to do is get away and she had meticulously planned it.
My
maid is not the first one to vanish in London, apparently even Karisma Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan and recently Juhi Chawla
also faced a similar situation, each of these maids left without a trace
. It obviously seems to be modus
operandi of these people to use the opportunity to believe they have a better life in a foreign country, but at what risk.
Since Jackin was given a visa because we sponsored her visit, we had to inform the police of the happening.
Unfortunately this illegal immigrant situation is rampant in London.
We have provided all the necessary details
to the authorities, if she ever gets tracked down she will surely be deported, but I guess not before she has worked there
long enough and made the money she desired. She was a good worker and took great care of Arhaan as long as she
was there."
"Though Malaika and me are upset with what happened we still wish her well and hope she's safe and happy where ever
she is." Arbaaz concludes.
Thursday, July 30, 2009 12:24 IST