Adeeb tagged and released to house arrest

The Maldives Correctional Service confirmed the transfer but declined to provide any further information to the media.

The 37-year-old fled the Maldives in late July in defiance of a travel ban imposed by the Supreme Court. The Indian authorities held him when he arrived at the Tuticorin port as a stowaway on a tugboat and handed him over to the Maldives police at the maritime border.

Upon his return, the Supreme Court detained Adeeb pending a judgment on an appeal. The Prosecutor General’s office sought the detention order after challenging a High Court decision that set aside Adeeb’s conviction over the theft of US$5 million from state coffers.