A Handshake with a Kuwaiti Woman Ended up in Detention

A Sri Lankan expatriate  driver was arrested for touching a Kuwaiti woman inappropriately even though he claimed that he was just giving her a handshake as a way of greeting her.

Concerned Kuwaiti woman lodged a complaint at Saad Al-Abdullah Police Station against her neighbor’s Sri Lankan driver, accusing him of touching her inappropriately and running away. After the suspect was arrested and questioned, he said he had only given her a handshake to greet her.

Necessary action was taken against him and he was detained in the police station and will be referred to the Public Prosecution.