Rilwan’s family concerned with direction of abduction trial
Alif Rauf and Mohamed Nooradeen are accused of forcing Ahmed Rilwan into a car at knifepoint outside his apartment building in Hulhumalé in August 2014. Both were arrested shortly after his disappearance but freed two months later.
23 May 2018, 9:00 AM
Fathimath Isha
The state has been criticised for casting doubt over strong DNA evidence in the trial of abducted journalist Ahmed Rilwan.
A police forensic expert told the criminal court last week about DNA evidence found inside a car owned by one of the defendants.
A hair matched the DNA of Rilwan’s mother, but the prosecution was unwilling to say it belonged to the abducted journalist and said it could potentially belong to his sisters’ children.
Rilwan’s sister Mariyam Shehenaz told the Maldives Independent that the state did not attempt to prove the DNA belonged to Rilwan in a way that would prosecute the defendants.
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