Dubai woman 'tortured maid with knife, scissors; poured hot water on her'

Dubai: A woman in Dubai has been accused of beating up her maid and torturing her by assaulting her with knife, scissors and iron, and pouring hot water on her body.

According to a report in Khaleej Times, the accused is a 33-year-old housewife from Jordan and the victim is from Indonesia. The matter was taken up in the Court of First Instance on Sunday. The court will hear the matter again on November 6.

The maid, 28, has alleged that the woman would often torture her with sharp objects and even lock her up in a room to prevent her from running away. The accused had also not given salary to the maid from June 2015 to March this year.

The incident came to light when the maid managed to escape and approached the Indonesian consulate for help.

"She would bang my head against the wall, pull my hair and pour boiling water on my body. I lost the hearing sense in the left ear after the defendant stuck scissors inside it," she said.

A Public Relations Officer at the Indonesian consulate said he took the maid to a hospital for examination and filed a complaint at Jebel Ali police station.

The medical examination report showed that the maid’s ear injury was caused by scissors. Marks of assault with knife and scissors were found on her face, head, neck and abdomen. There were burn marks on her back, caused from hot liquids.

The accused has, however, denied the physical assault allegations, but admitted to locking her up in her room because she did not trust the maid with her children.