India's foreign ministry has
complained to the Saudi Arabian authorities following an alleged
"brutal" attack on a 58-year-old Indian woman in Riyadh.
Kasturi
Munirathinam's right arm was chopped off, allegedly by her employer,
when she tried to escape from their house last week, reports say.
Ms Munirathinam was working as a domestic help. She is recovering in hospital.
Her family has alleged that she was being tortured by her Saudi employers.
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The
family of Ms Munirathinam in the southern Indian city of Chennai said
that her employers had been "angered" after she complained about the
"harassment" she was facing at her employer's home, where she had begun
working three months ago.
They
are asking the government to secure them compensation from the family,
and also help pay Ms Munirathinam's medical expenses.
India woman’s arm ‘cut off by employer’ in Saudi Arabia - BBC News
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