A local journalist, Imran Memon, who took up the issue with the MEA, said the woman had gone to Abha city in Saudi Arabia to work as a domestic help on March 9 but was subjected to cruelty right from the day one after her employer seized her passport, suitcase and other belongings.
According to Memon, who was in touch with her family,the woman was allegedly made to starve and confined to a small room. She was also made to do domestic chores at three other places.
Her son went to her employer's house to see her, but was denied entry and allegedly demanded a big sum for her release, Memon said.
She was not allowed to make calls back home and the only communication she had with her husband was over messaging app, Whatsapp, through which she clandestinely sent a video to her husband, narrating her ordeal.
The woman's husband had also approached Naya Nagar police station to lodge a complaint yesterday but got information that his wife would have been rescued by local aunthorities there.