Mr Egar said his employer does not know where he is and is afraid he may be sent back to India. "I borrowed 300,000 rupees (S$9,000) to pay my agent so that I could work in Singapore. My wife is also waiting for me to remit money to her for my son's education.
"I never thought such a thing would happen to me as I have never offended anyone. If the men had wanted my money, I would have given it to them," he said. "I have no savings. What will happen to my family now?"
Construction worker Sandeep Singh, 23, was slashed twice on his head, once on his lower back and several times on his left forearm and hand. The last three fingers of his left hand were so badly cut that they were left dangling.
Mr Singh needed an eight-hour operation at Tan Tock Seng Hospital to re-attach the finger and stitch up his other wounds. He was walking from Geylang Lorong 17 back to his flat at Block 44, Sims Drive, close to midnight on Saturday when he saw five or six men near a playground.
As they approached him, he realised that four of them had "long knives", most likely parangs. Before he could do anything, they set upon him.
"No words were spoken by the men. Then the knives came at me, first at my head and left ear, then my back and then my left forearm,"
Mr Singh said in a mixture of Punjabi and English.