Latest suspects in Rilwan’s abduction transferred to house arrest
The criminal court has transferred two suspects arrested in April over the abduction of Maldives Independent journalist Ahmed Rilwan to house imprisonment.
23 Jun 2016, 9:00 AM
The criminal court has transferred two suspects arrested in April over the abduction of Maldives Independent journalist Ahmed Rilwan to house imprisonment.
Aalif Rauf, 29 years, and Mohamed Nooradeen, 31 years, were moved to their homes on June 12, after nearly two months in police custody.
The pair’s arrest followed a police admission that Rilwan was abducted from outside his apartment on August 8, 2014.
A red car owned by Aalif is suspected to have been used in the abduction, police said, adding that investigators had linked DNA samples lifted from the trunk of Aalif’s car with that of Rilwan’s mother.
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