SHAHEEN MOLLAH

A 31-year-old Bangladeshi woman, who returned to the country from Saudi Arabia recently, made allegations of being repeatedly raped and physically abused in the Gulf country after being lured there with the promise of a domestic worker job.

The woman is currently undergoing treatment at the One-Stop Crisis Centre (OCC) in Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH).

Dr Monika Khondokar of DMCH’s OCC said the victim was initially admitted to the hospital’s gynaecology department on Sunday and was transferred to the OCC yesterday following her rape allegations.

“Until yesterday, she was experiencing shortness of breath, but her condition is somewhat stable now. There are injury marks on her body. We can confirm the rape allegations once we receive the forensic results,” the doctor said.

According to the victim’s BMET Emigration Clearance card obtained by this newspaper, she received immigration clearance on March 9 this year.

Narrating her ordeal in a video message provided to the OCC and police, the woman said she returned to Bangladesh on April 22.

She accused Md Badruzzaman, managing director of Soar Travels Limited in Dhaka’s Motijheel, of sending her to the KSA under the false pretext of a domestic help visa.

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