Suspects in Rilwan’s abduction moved back to police custody
Two suspects in the abduction of journalist Ahmed Rilwan were transferred to a remand facility days after the criminal court moved the pair to house imprisonment.
01 May 2016, 9:00 AM
Two suspects in the abduction of journalist Ahmed Rilwan were transferred to a remand facility on Thursday, days after the criminal court moved the pair to house imprisonment.
The Prosecutor General’s Office had appealed the criminal court’s ruling at the High Court and won an order on April 28 to keep Aalif Rauf, 29 years, and Mohamed Nooradheen, 31 years, under state custody.
Aalif and Nooradheen were first arrested on April 5, and had been transferred to house imprisonment on April 22, despite objections by the police.
Their arrest followed the police’s admission that Rilwan was abducted from outside his apartment building in Hulhumalé on August 8, 2014. A red car owned by Aalif is suspected to have been used in the abduction, police said.
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