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By ROBERT SMITH
A MAID who claims she was raped three times in 48 hours by two members of the same family was released yesterday after spending Saturday night in police custody. She was handed over to members of the Migrant Workers Group (MWG) after being taken for medical tests in the morning.
However, an officer at Budaiya Police Station refused to say whether the men had been arrested or released. Sources say they were taken in for questioning at about 7pm on Saturday and were kept there at least until 3am yesterday. The Bangladeshi woman, whose passport says she is 25, only arrived in Bahrain on Wednesday. She was allegedly picked up from her aunt's house on Thursday by her sponsor's nephew, who she says raped her on the way to her sponsor's house, in Barbar.
The woman claims her sponsor's son also raped her while she slept in the kitchen in the early hours of Friday morning. She says the son raped her again in the early hours of Saturday.
Her sponsor then returned the woman on Saturday, but her aunt called the police later the same day. Sources described the family as being influential and said a member of the Public Prosecution was called to the police station on Saturday night.
"That is the first time we have heard of that happening," sources told the GDN.
"He spoke to her and the other people. Their whole extended family went there - including a relative who is a lawyer.
"As far as we know they were not detained, but she was."
Source http://gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=95990&Sn=BNEW&IssueID=27233
Dear Goans, This is not new in the Gulf. House maids working here are cornered and abused by touts and Baluchi police men too.
Goan house maids usually are lucky that they do not stay with the members of Arab Familiers else they too will fall prey for such acts. The general tred is that they stay with their husband/parents and work part time only. This leads to a decent living and earning therby helping to pay off huge money paid to the agents for the Visa. For the information of GoaNetters the amount is BD 1000+ (which is coming to around Rs 1,25,000/-)
Those Goans Housemaids going on employement in Gulf , please think twice.
Best Regards
Laxman Saval Bahrain
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