Family of domestic worker say she was punished when she tried to escape harassment and torture
An Indian woman of 55 years, moved from three months in Saudi Arabia to work as a maid, suffered ten days ago the amputation of the right arm by her employers for rebelling and trying to escape from home. This was reported yesterday by the news agency PTI. The woman is called Kasthuri Munirathinam. In late June she had agreed, hoping to improve their financial situation, to take on a job offer in Riyadh. But gradually the work turned out to be a nightmare - denounced the family of the woman from the state of Tamil Nadu - with frequent abuse and food deprivation. "When at one point she tried to escape during the night between the 29th and the 30th of September - her sister told the media - her employer cut her right arm. She has also fell getting serious damage to her spine and is now hospitalised in serious condition at a hospital in Riyadh".
The story is creating a rift between the government of India and Saudi Arabia. Authorities in New Delhi protesting and demanding justice. "Our embassy - said about Vikas Swarup, Indian Foreign Ministry spokesman - has asked the local authorities to undertake all necessary actions to investigate the incident and punish severely those responsible on charges of attempted murder."
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