Twins of detained parents at the centre of human rights issue

Dubai, July 27 (UNI) Eighteen-month-old Indian twins, whose parents were detained by Saudi Arabian police for alleged involvement in the murder of a runaway Nepalese maid, are at the centre of a human rights issue in the kingdom.

Friends and colleagues of detained Roy Joseph and Biji Thomas, parents of the distressed babies, are still waiting for a response from the National Society for Human Rights since the couple's arrest three weeks ago.

Police detained Roy on July 7 and his wife Biji, an employee at the local King Khaled Hospital, was picked up a short while later.

An Indian Embassy spokesperson said it is following up the case, but it has been denied access to the couple so far, Arab News reported.

Police detained the couple after the maid was found dead in mysterious circumstances on July 7.

According to couple's relatives, the housemaid had escaped from the house of Roy and Biji that day with a bunch of keys and a mobile phone.

The couple's friends said the children are living on milk formula and baby feeds provided by well-wishers.

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