Supreme Court upholds reinstatement of police inspector dismissed after rape allegations
02 Jun 2014, 1:23 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
The Supreme Court has today upheld the High Court ruling to reinstate Chief Inspector Hussain Risheef Thoha who had been dismissed after being accused of raping a woman inside a police car.
The ruling stated that, although the victim had alleged that a group of police officers attacked her, she did not state that Risheef participated in the rape.
Commenting on today’s ruling today, Maldivian Democratic Party MP and lawyer Imthiyaz ‘Inthi’ Fahmy expressed concern the court would ask for the reinstatement of an officer after its disciplinary board had decided that there was enough evidence to link him with a rape case.
”These are not just ordinary citizens, these are senior police officers accused of a serious crime,” Inthi said. ”This is very dangerous and serious.”
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