A senior nurse at the Sanjeevan Nursing Home in central Delhi, where they all work, apparently told them about the offer. She also gave them Mathew's address, who was posing as a travel agent and the Indian representative of the hospital empowered to carry out selections.

The girls submitted their bio-data at his Rohini office and without conducting any interview he apparently told them that they had been selected. Mathew told them that it would cost them Rs 45,000 to get there.

They were asked to undergo a medical check-up at a South Ex clinic that cost Rs 13,000. After completing these `formalities', Mathew fixed a date for the trip but cancelled it later ``because their visas were being made''. This happened two more times before a final date was fixed for April 26.

``He told us to reach the Daryaganj crossing at 5 p.m. on April 26. He even showed us our visas and gave us its copy. He said we would be taken to the airport in a van. The flight's departure time was 10 p.m. and we were all ready,'' Sujata told Express Newsline.

At 5, the girls were there with their bags. They waited for him till 8 p.m. and then rushed to his house in Rohini. ``The landlord told us that he had left. We went to his office where we were told that he had packed up his bags the previous night and had left at around midnight.'' Their next stop was at the Rohini Police Station where they gave their statements. The following day, the girls accompanied by doctors of the nursing home went to meet Deputy Commissioner of Police (north-west) Satyendra Garg.

Initially, the police failed to register an FIR but reportedly on Garg's intervention an FIR was filed on the night of April 28. SHO Gurdayal Chand, Rohini Police Station, said: ``We have received their complaint and registered a FIR. But so far we have not been able to find this Mathew or anybody else,'' he said.
(The names of the nurses have been changed on request)