Jumping Maid Day?

Coincidence? You decide..

Family probed in maid death: Police have detained an Egyptian family for interrogation for allegedly pushing to death an Indian maid, identified only as Teety, from the balcony of their apartment in Farwaniya, reports Al-Watan daily. The daily quoting a security source said the Egyptian sponsor, after allegedly pushing the 29-year-old maid to her death, called the Operations Department of the Ministry of Interior and reported that his maid had jumped from the balcony of the apartment in an apparent attempt to end her life. The maid who survived the fall was rushed to a hospital. However, she died a short time later. The family was detained for interrogation after an unidentified nurse at the hospital told the hospital interrogator that the victim before her death said she was being tortured by her sponsor and thrown down from the balcony of the apartment.

Maid injured in escape bid: An Indonesian maid, whose identity has not been disclosed, has been admitted to the Mubarak Al-Kabeer hospital with serious injuries and broken limbs, reports Al-Anba daily. A reliable security source, quoting the maid’s sponsor, told the daily the maid fell from the third floor apartment while attempting to climb down with the help of a ‘rope’ made of bed sheets in an attempt to escape from his home. The rope allegedly snapped when the maid was halfway and fell in the building compound. However, police said to be waiting for the maid to recover to take her statement.