’I was forced to swollow screw nails in Saudi’ - abused Sri Lankan maid reveals

22 November 2023 05:53 pm Views - 2587

KATUNAYAKA (Daily Mirror) - Darshani, a Sri Lankan maid who returned from Saudi Arabia said she was forced to swallow screw nails with water by her employer which resulted in her being hospitalized.

Making an emotional statement at the Katunayake airport upon her arrival, the housemaid said she was continuously abused and assaulted by her employer. The victim, a resident of Mathugama is a mother of three children.

Coming to her rescue, Marimuthu Nilantha Kumara, the husband of the victim, who earns a living as a coconut plucker in the vicinity, came to Katunayake airport to receive Darshani. 

The housemaid also said that when she had complained to the recruitment agency in Sri Lanka, the agency had verbally abused her.

“I slipped and fell after stepping on shampoo in a bathroom, causing injury to my back and head. Then, the woman of the house physically assaulted me and locked me in a room,” she said.

Furthermore, the victim revealed that she was forcibly taken to a washing machine room where she was confined and subjected to further abuse.