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Friday 9 October 2015

Photos: Indian woman's hand chopped off by Saudi employer

58yr old Kasturi Munirathinam, an Indian woman working as a cleaner, had her hand chopped off by her employer in Saudi Arabia because she complained about her poor working conditions and tried to escape. Her sister, Vijayakumari told The Indian Express that the incident took place last week after the maid complained to the authorities that she was being tortured and starved by her employer, as well as not being paid.


"We are told that the incident happened on the night of September 29 after she complained about torture and non-payment of wages by her employer. He chopped off her hand when she tried to escape from the house through the balcony. Some neighbours and others took her to hospital."

Kasturi, who is married with four children is recovering in hospital in Riyadh. Her husband and son are farm workers, but she was “forced to take up the job abroad” because the family were in financial difficulty after the marriages of her three daughters.
"Kasturi's employer was angry after she told local officials about the harrassment she was facing there, she was not even provided food" Vijayakumari revealed
Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj said the embassy was “very much disturbed over the brutal manner” in which the lady was treated. "This is unacceptable. We are very disturbed over the brutal manner in which the Indian lady has been treated in Saudi Arabia," she said.

Reacting strongly to the incident, Swaraj added that the matter has been taken up with Saudi authorities. In a video uploaded by a visitor at the hospital in Riyadh, Kasturi is seen asking to be sent back to India. It also shows her describing in Tamil how she tried to jump off from the balcony using a saree. "This is the first time she has gone abroad for work. She was promised a salary of Rs 15,000 ($180) from which the agent was to take his cut because he did not charge any advance," Vijayakumari said.

"She was forced to take up the job abroad as the family was facing financial problems after the marriage of her three daughters,"

Reacting to the incident, MEA spokesperson Vikas Swarup described the incident as “unfortunate and most condemnable”, and said India would “continue to seek justice for the victim”. "Our Embassy in Riyadh has taken up the matter with the Saudi Foreign Office and asked for strict action in the matter and severe punishment for the sponsor. We have also sought an independent probe in the incident and urged that a case of attempted murder be lodged against the sponsor so that he is punished, if found guilty as per law,” the spokesperson said.

43 comments:

Davido's driver said...

This is unfair!

Davido's driver said...

Speedy recovery I wish her. This life though

aproko manager said...

Ghen ghen

Unknown said...

Na wa o! Wickedness has overrun dis world of ours. Linda take note!

Unknown said...

Na wa o! Wickedness has overrun dis world of ours. Linda take note!

BONARIO NNAGS said...

OMG! how could he be so callous, I hope he's made to face the full wrath of the law.


~BONARIO~says so via NOKIA LUMIA

Unknown said...

Hmmm odikwa egwu.. Sorry ma'am

Unknown said...

Ehn ehn.. Sorry, Indians don't treat their staff any better

Alloy Chikezie said...

Humans are just so so cruel.

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marvellous said...

Sum pple are jus wicked

NaijaDeltaBabe said...

Wat does it profit ppl to be wicked?!

Unknown said...

Nawa o

Unknown said...

This is very wicked.
The man should be thrown into jail.

Unknown said...

Oh!

Dis is wht I call modern day slavery and height of wickedness.

D employer should b punished accordingly so dat dis wil serve as deterrent to others.

Bonita Bislam said...

I swear the minute you're chopping my hand ,that's how I'll descend on you like a mad dog & burrow my teeth down ya flesh!
What brutality is this?

Unknown said...

The right thing should be done fast.

Thomas Emmanuel said...

wickedness at it peak.

Unknown said...

Why are people so wicked and heartless. Someone woked for him, he treated her so bad and won't even pay her wages, only to chop off her hands for complaining. These Arabs are devils, beasts.






















#TeamBlessed#

Anonymous said...

Dis pple and their wicked way of life... dee

Unknown said...

Hope the law punishes the idiot that did that.

STERN said...

That's the evil way Indians treat people not from their country. So I don't feel sorry for her.

Unknown said...

That is saudi arabia for you every thing about them is killing and bombing madam what do you expect when you are working with terrorist worshipper.
Sorry ma'am






















#sad indeed

Unknown said...

That is saudi arabia for you every thing about them is killing and bombing madam what do you expect when you are working with terrorist worshipper.
Sorry ma'am






















#sad indeed

Anonymous said...

That's outright wickedness of the highest order justice must prevail...(get my $50 per day fiverr secret, call or whatsapp: 07064947676)

Unknown said...

a.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said...
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God, what sort of rubbish is this for christ sake......
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***CURRENTLY IN JUPITER***

Unknown said...

is the man Indian amin



Aunty linda.....

Unknown said...

is the man Indian amin



Aunty linda.....

Anonymous said...

Arab wicked frm d Bible soon they will justify it by sharia Law,devil will punish him

Esther Okoro said...

Why are people do wicked? no human sympathy at all.

Anonymous said...

nawah ooh inhuman treatment...TOMJERRYSWIT

Zukk3i said...

It is better to sell pure water than to go to an Arab country to be a maid or driver. No matter the dollars that they will agree to pay you, when you get there you will find out that you put yourself into modern day slavery. Their dogs are treated better. Nothing is going to happen to that woman that did this. Infact, the police would not even look her side.

Unknown said...

So sad hope justice will prevail

bami said...

Ta adobi leaking anus girl u don go jail for all ur prostitution after all no b big dick u dey fuck useless Ashewo. Go and pay uche his moni Ashewo kobo kobo

stern said...

Bami wetein dis girl do u just dey give am to am since make u free am I be u wan fuck am too

bami said...

Me fuck dis harlot no way na men way take viagra wit long buyaya she like na Ashewo she be she too fuck jor olosho

bami said...

Ta adobi leaking anus girl u don go jail for all ur prostitution after all no b big dick u dey fuck useless Ashewo. Go and pay uche his moni Ashewo kobo kobo

ary said...

So she complained and had her hand chopped off?! So what happens when she steals?!

Anonymous said...

Of all countries to work in, she chose Saudi Arabia. Didnt she know that the people there are dangerously wicked with their in-human laws? Smtcheew

Oluwabunmi said...

Boko Harams territory!!!! Thank God she is still alive.

Anonymous said...

@Zukk3i,I'd prefer clean shitty toilets in my own country that step 1 day to work in an Arab one. At least I have protection under the law where I am at. Not a damn thing will come out of this case, the poor woman will go back to her country with no hand and the Arab ppl will sit tight knowing they are fully protected under the law. This evil that is done to the poor and suffering is a grave evil. May the Gods strike them with a million blows for the evils they have done to the poor and disadvantaged of this world for far too long.

Folks when you are running off to these countries for vacation or work remember this, no non-Muslim life will ever be of equal value as a Muslim in their land. We as black ppl are considered the bottom of the barrel for them, even if you are a Muslim and black you will still be considered far beneath them and their laws will never favour you even if you are in the right. Nopes, not spending my money vacationing in their zones. Let me pack bag for Zanzibar, Mozambique or Cape Verde instead.

Unknown said...

Omo this Arabs too like 2 dey cut person hand.....they shud just cut his two hand and leave him alive so he go understand watsup

Anonymous said...

This stupid badborn abi wetin u call ur nsme slf; may God continue 2 purnish u day by day 4 ur continuous hate comment on islam. Them no day murder people in village? Idiot.

Unknown said...

This is wickedness at its peak!

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