Criminal court judge’s home vandalised with axe
A threatening message was left on the acting chief judge’s door.
12 Nov 2019, 9:00 AM
A threatening message was left on the door of Judge Ali Rasheed Hussain’s apartment in Hulhumalé after it was vandalised with an axe in the early hours of Tuesday.
The axe was left at the scene and the incident is under investigation, police said. No arrests have been made so far.
Rasheed was appointed acting chief judge of the criminal court last week after Judge Ahmed Hailam was suspended hours before he was due to deliver a verdict in former president Abdulla Yameen’s money laundering trial.
The hearing has been rescheduled for November 17. The criminal court has empanelled a bench of five judges to hear the opposition leader’s case, the acting chief judge announced on Tuesday, citing a request from the defendant. Aside from Rasheed, the panel includes Ahmed Shakeel, Mohamed Sameer, Ali Adam and Hussain Faiz Rashad.
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