Women rights activists handed over a letter to the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Kathmandu demanding punishment for two Saudi Diplomats working in New Delhi charged of sexually abusing two Nepali Women.

Members of two organisations working in the field of migration—National Network for Safe Migration and Collation for Right to Mobility—also staged a sit-in in front of the Embassy in Maharajgunj.

“We are afraid the two Saudi diplomats charged of sexual exploitation will escape punishment on the basis of Vienna Convention and wrote a letter to the embassy drawing its attention towards the heinous crime its diplomats committed and to ensure they are rightfully punished,” said Rachita Dhungana of the Women Rehabilitation Centre.

News of Saudi visa counsellor at the Saudi embassy

in New Delhi and his assistant being involved in trafficking two Nepali women from Baglung and Morang districts and forcing them into sexual activities for the past five months was published this week.

Similarly, Indian police has issued an arrest warrant against a Saudi diplomat working in New Delhi on the charge of enslaving and sexually abusing two Nepali women. The victims, in their statement, have stated that the counsellor kept them in confinement at his home at Caitriona Complex in Gurgaon, Hariyana, and forced them into sexual activities with his Saudi guests.

The victims promised jobs as domestic helpers in Saudi Arabia, were first flown into New Delhi by a Nepali agent and then flown into Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, by an Indian agent.

After spending some time at Jeddah, they were again flown back to India where they were kept in captivity at the diplomat’s apartment. They said they were repeatedly exploited and raped by the diplomat’s guests.