Ex-vice president detained in India after fleeing Maldives
Police said efforts are underway to bring Adeeb back.
01 Aug 2019, 9:00 AM
Former vice president Ahmed Adeeb was detained on Thursday by immigration authorities at the Indian port of Tuticorin.
He was detected as an unregistered “extra person” on a tugboat called Virgo 9, Indian media reported.
Hours after the news broke, Maldives police confirmed that Adeeb has been apprehended “en route after he escaped by sea.” Efforts were underway to bring him back to the country, police said, warning of investigations and legal action against those who helped the former convict leave the country despite a travel ban imposed by the Supreme Court.
The 37-year-old fled after he was summoned to appear for questioning on Wednesday over the theft of US$90 million from state coffers in the country’s biggest corruption scandal, police noted.
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