Police accuse Nazim of plotting coup, planning to harm senior government officials
11 Feb 2015, 12:39 AM
Zaheena Rasheed
Additional reporting by Mohamed Saif Fatih
The Maldives Police Services has accused former Defense Minister (retired) Colonel Mohamed Nazim of plotting to overthrow the government and harm senior government officials.
A police statement issued at 9pm tonight claimed to have found documents in a pen drive confiscated from Nazim’s house during a midnight raid on January 18 suggesting he “was plotting to physically harm senior Maldivian state officials.”
“In addition, police intelligence has received information that he was plotting with various parties to overthrow the government,” the statement read.
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