Maldivian charged with murder of undocumented Bangladeshi worker
14 Jul 2015, 4:46 PM
Hassan Mohamed
The Prosecutor General (PG) office has filed murder charges against a Maldivian man of accused of killing a Bangladeshi expatriate on the island of Gan in Laamu atoll last month.
The PG office filed the case at the criminal court yesterday, but has not revealed the identity of the accused.
The undocumented worker, known locally as Bassan, was discovered dead with severe head injuries at an uninhabited house on June 11.
The caretaker of the house who discovered the body said Bassan had told him that the owner of the house had given him permission to sleep on the veranda. But the owner, Thoha Waheed, denied that Bassan had asked for permission.
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