Suspects in Rilwan’s abduction transferred to house arrest
Two suspects arrested earlier this month in connection with the abduction of The Maldives Independent journalist Ahmed Rilwan was transferred to house arrest on Friday.
25 Apr 2016, 9:00 AM
Two suspects arrested earlier this month in connection with the abduction of The Maldives Independent journalist Ahmed Rilwan was transferred to house arrest on Friday.
According to the police, the criminal court placed the pair under house arrest for a period of ten days.
Aalif Rauf, 29, and Mohamed Nooradheen, 31, were arrested on April 5, days after police revealed that DNA samples lifted from the trunk of a red car owned by the former matched Rilwan’s mother’s DNA.
Soon after Rilwan’s disappearance was reported, his neighbors said they had witnessed a man being forced into a car at knifepoint outside his apartment building in Hulhumalé on August 8.
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