UAE | Crime
Workers express horror at making gruesome discovery
A construction worker discovered the body of a dead Myanmarese woman in a manhole in Al Nahda, Dubai, on Sunday morning.
- By Siham Al Najami, Staff Reporter
- Published: 23:10 February 22, 2009
- Image Credit: Randolph Barros/Gulf News
- Police remove the body of the Myanmarese woman in Al Nahda, Dubai. Her body was discovered at 10am on Sunday.
Dubai: A construction worker discovered the body of a dead Myanmarese woman in a manhole in Al Nahda, Dubai, on Sunday morning.
The labourer, who was one of many at the scene, discovered the body at around 10am.
The Dubai Police were contacted and the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) cordoned off the area. An ambulance later arrived to collect the body.
Eyewitnesses at the scene said the workers who found the body were horrified. Some said the woman was "completely naked".
"I first saw her legs pointing outwards and her head trapped inside. It is horrific & I just can't believe what I saw," one of the workers said.
According to Colonel Khalil Al Mansouri, Director of the CID, the Burmese waitress had been reported missing five days earlier by her roommates and employer, Emirates airline.
"One of her male Indian colleagues, whom she had a relationship with, has been in police custody since the day she was reported missing as it is believed he was the last person to be seen with her. We are still investigating the cause of death," he told Gulf News.
A roommate said the deceased, 30, was "a beautiful, young, petite woman who was kind, loving and friendly - especially to her Myanmarese roommates".
She said they had come to Dubai together in September 2008.
"She told us she befriended a colleague around 15 to 20 days ago and that he proposed to her. I don't know if they were in a relationship. I think she saw him only as a friend," the roommate said.
The woman said she last saw her friend on February 15, while on duty.
Emirates declined to comment, saying it was a police matter.
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