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Nepali migrant worker dies in Saudi Arabia

Nepali migrant worker dies in Saudi Arabia

By Rastriya Samachar Samiti

Foreign workers walk between safety barricades at the site of the pitch of the Al-Wakra Stadium that is under construction for the 2022 World Cup in Doha, Qatar, on May 4, 2015. Migrant labourers faced abuse that in some cases amounted to forced labor while working on a stadium that will host soccer matches for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, a new report released by Amnesty International alleged Thursday, March 31, 2016. Photo: AP

MAHOTTARI: A Nepali migrant worker was found dead in a toilet of his quarters in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday night. The deceased has been identified as Mithila Mahara (35) of Bajrabarahi in Jaleshwar Municipality-7 of Mahottari district. Colleagues of Mahara broke open the toilet door after he did not answer their call to go on duty this morning. They found him dead inside the toilet, said Sikindar Mahara, brother of the deceased. He added that Mahara might have slipped and fallen to death while using the toilet. It has been learned that the father of five children had migrated to the Gulf country two years ago. His mother and wife are left in the bereaved family.