Two Nepalese maids accuse Saudi diplomat of sexual assault and having 'seven or eight men per day' rape them while they were working in his home outside Indian capital
- Two Nepali maids accuse Saudi Arabian employer of rape in New Delhi
- The Saudi man is a diplomat working for his country's embassy in India
- The women, 30 and 50, claim they were 'raped, assaulted and starved'.
- They also claim they were held hostage for several months by Saudi man
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The building where a Saudi Arabian diplomat is believed to have abused two domestic servants, in Gurgaon, India. Photograph: Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images
Hostages: The two Nepalese women claim that they were 'raped, assaulted, starved and held hostage over several months', while they were working as maids for the Saudi Arabian diplomat in New Delhi
The women claim that they were 'raped, assaulted, starved and held hostage over several months' by the Saudi Arabian embassy employee as well as his friends.
'There were days when seven to eight men - all from Saudi Arabia - would assault us,' the oldest of the pair told The Indian Express.
If we resisted, the diplomat and his family would threaten to kill us and dispose of our bodies in the sewer.
According to the police complaint, the women had first been taken to Saudi Arabia for two weeks before arriving in the house in New Delhi.
They state that the abuse started when they came back to India: 'After we returned in May, he asked us to massage him
'He then raped us and forced us to have unnatural sex and oral sex. After that he offered us to his friends regularly.'
Torture: The two women have worked for the Saudi diplomat in his home country, and claim the violence and sexual abuse started when they arrived in India (stock image)
Commissioner of Police Navdeep Singh Virk said he had written to India's foreign ministry and the Saudi Arabian embassy asking if the man has diplomatic immunity.
A spokesman for India's foreign ministry said it had requested a report from the police and would decide on what action to take after reviewing the information.
Indian police are now investigating the accusations, which has ignited debate regarding immunity granted to diplomats around the world.
Diplomats cannot be immediately arrested, because under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations they enjoy immunity from arrest, criminal prosecution and civil lawsuits in the countries where they are posted.
Governments may press a foreign government to waive immunity in cases where serious crimes are committed.
'If they refuse then the only option left would be to kick the person out,' said G. Parthasarathy, a veteran Indian diplomat.
Police said the women were rescued on Monday after police were tipped off by a non-governmental organisation and officials at the Nepali embassy.
Thousands of women from Nepal, which is one of the poorest countries in the world, go to India and the Middle East to work as maids.
A senior official at the Nepali embassy said his government was waiting for the Indian police to complete their investigation before launching a diplomatic complaint.
New Delhi police said a medical exam confirmed the women had been sexually assaulted.
The Saudi Arabian embassy in New Delhi have not responded to calls for comment.
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