Kasturi Munirathinam’s right arm was cut off, allegedly by her employer, when she tried to escape from their house last week, where she was working as a domestic help.

Her family has stated that she was being tortured by her Saudi employers and her employers had been angered after she complained about the harassment she was facing, as BBC reports.

“Ever since she went to work with this family in July, things were not alright. My mother was not even allowed to speak to us over the phone, she was not given proper food and was forced to work long hours,” her son S Kumar told BBC Hindi.

“When she tried to escape the harassment and torture, her right arm was chopped off by the woman employer. Now my sister can’t even sit and do simple things on her own, as her spinal cord has also been injured,” her sister S Vijayakumari added.

Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj condemned this action posting on Twitter: “This is unacceptable. We have taken this up with Saudi authorities. Our embassy is in touch with the victim.”

“Chopping of [arm] of Indian lady – We are very much disturbed over the brutal manner in which Indian lady has been treated in Saudi Arabia,” Ms Swaraj added.