Hyderabad, Oct. 25 -- An 80-year-old Hyderabad woman, Syeda Sakeena Bee, who was detained by police in Saudi Arabia's Buraydah city over her prescribed medicines, has been released following the intervention of Indian authorities and community representatives.

Sakeena Bee had travelled to Saudi Arabia with her son to perform Umrah. According to Mohammed Jabbar, founder and president of the Global Telangana Forum and a social activist based in Riyadh, she was taken into custody after Saudi officials mistook her prescribed medicines for prohibited drugs.

Her medication, intended for ongoing neurological treatment and prescribed by a doctor in Hyderabad, was later verified as legal. Jabbar first raised the issue on Friday, October 24, appe...