India could be trapped in a major diplomatic scandal after a senior
diplomat belonging to the Saudi Embassy was accused, along with his
wife, of keeping two Nepalese women as sex slaves in Gurgaon.
According to the FIR filed by the police in Gurgaon, the two women had
been lured to India with a false promise of jobs, and then sold to the
diplomat, who is the First Secretary at the embassy.
According to the statements of the victims, aged 30 and 50, they were
held captive by the First Secretary’s family for over three months, and
were taken to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, for a few days as well. During the
entire period, the women said, they were repeatedly raped and forced to
perform “unnatural sex” for the diplomat and other Saudi nationals,
often at knife-point.
An official who was aware of the women’s account of their captivity called the details “horrifying.”
The Saudi embassy, dismissing the charges as “completely false” and
“contrary to facts in our possession”, said it would wait for the Indian
government to clarify on the matter as per diplomatic norms, IANS
reported
Saudi diplomat accused of using two Nepalese women as sex-slaves - The Hindu
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