After her hands were chopped off by her employer in Saudi Arabia last month, Tamil Nadu's Munirathinam Kasthuri is now finding it difficult to leave the country and return to India. Her sponsor is refusing to give an exit visa if the case of assault if not withdrawn.

Kasthuri's hand was cut off after she had complained about poor work condition. Now she is trying to return to her village but in order to do so India must meet her employer's condition that the mention of assault must be removed while giving her an exit visa, reported Hindustan Times.

As per Saudi rules, the exit visa is granted by the employer or the sponsor. After the incident came to light, the Indian embassy in Riyadh has lodged a complaint with the Saudi foreign ministry.

According to Hindustan Times' sources, Saudi authorities are not ready to admit that the employer had brutally chopped Kasthuri's hand and instead want to imply that it was a result of an accident after Kasthuri "jumped off from the house".

However, sources told HT that India was not ready to withdraw the case and was in talks with Saudi Arabia to resolve it.

In September, a Saudi diplomat was booked for allegedly raping two Nepali women. The women, aged around 30, have alleged that they were abducted and raped by the diplomat repeatedly in a flat here, on the outskirts of Delhi. Saudi Arabia refused to withdraw his diplomatic immunity.

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