A Sri Lankan female who was sheltered in the safe house at the Sri Lankan Embassy in Oman has died while being treated for an illness at a hospital.

Accordingly, the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) reported that a female who was sheltered at the Sri Lankan Embassy in Oman, who was expecting to depart back to the island, has died after being admitted to a hospital in the Arab nation due to an illness.

In October last year, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) launched an investigation into a large-scale human trafficking syndicate that ‘auctions’ Sri Lankan women who were taken to Oman on the promise of jobs in the Arabian country, after the Ministry of Foreign Affairs directed the complaints it received in this regard to the CID.

E. Kushan, the third secretary of the Sri Lankan Embassy in Oman, was arrested in connection the incident on 29 December 2022 at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) based on the investigations conducted on a complaint filed by a woman who was victimized by him and a statement obtained from the second secretary of the embassy.

He was later granted bail on 13 December 2022 despite being accused of sexually harassing the Sri Lankan women, who were subjected to violence by their employers, staying at the safe house of belonging to the embassy, after Kushan pleaded not guilty to the charges levelled against him.