'We buried our dead foetuses in our house'

Two Asian maids, during an interrogation in a robbery case, confessed to Dubai Police of burying foetuses in the house they worked in.

The team led by Brigadier Khalil Ibrahim Al Mansouri, Director-General of Dubai Criminal Investigation Department, used police dogs to search their premises in Al Muraqabat area, but could not find any evidence of buried foetuses, reported 'Al Khaleej' newspaper.

The accused were arrested in relation to a robbery case in Jebel Ali. During interrogation, one of the maids, confessed to aborting her pregancy with the help of another maid and burying the foetus in the apartment with the help of an Afghan.

The girls had entered the UAE to work has house maids three years ago. They ran away from their employers shortly thereafter and lived in Al Muraqabat area with a group of girls.

One of the accused was in an illegal relationship with a Pakistani man and became pregnant, said Al Mansouri.

But the Pakistani disowned her and she sought the help of one of her friends who helped get rid of the foetus, said Lieutenant colonel Abdul Rahman Obeid-Allah, Director of Muraqbat Police Station.