Saudi employer chops off right of domestic help: It’s unacceptable, says

Kasthuri had reached Saudi Arabia two months ago and was working as a housemaid.

When Kasturi managed to get help from a Tamil Nadu native, she was locked up inside a room and was subjected to mental and physical torture ever since.

Reports said that in a fit of rage, the employer chopped off Kasturi’s hands.

The family of the woman, working as a domestic help in Saudi Arabia, has alleged that her right hand was chopped off by her employer when she tried to escape harassment and torture.

“India also proposes to take up this issue in the JWG on Labour Matters with Saudi Arabia which will be held in New Delhi on October 12-13 and is the established institutional mechanism for such matters”, the spokesperson said, adding, “We will continue to seek justice for the victim”. “She fell down and sustained serious spinal injuries”, Vijayakumari said.

Vijayakumari said Kasturi’s son and husband, who farm their own lands, tried to dissuade her but she was tempted as she has three daughters to marry off. “Now we hear that her entire right arm had been chopped off and her spine has been badly injured when she jumped off the first-floor balcony after the attack”.

The Minister said Indian embassy is in touch with the victim, 55-year-old Kashturi Munirathinam. “This is a very unfortunate and most condemnable incident”, MEA spokesperson Vikas Swarup said. “She was not even provided food”. “Our appeal is please bring her back home immediately and help in her treatment”, she said.

The matter has been taken up by the Ministry of External Affairs now. She has directed the Indian Embassy in Riyadh to take up the matter with the Saudi Foreign Office and sought strict action against the guilty.