Police officer, accused of being accomplice to rape, compensated for dismissal
A court has ordered the police to pay more than MVR800,000 (US$56,420) in damages to an officer who was dismissed in 2010 on a charge of being an accomplice to the rape of a woman.
22 Nov 2015, 9:00 AM
A court has ordered the police to pay more than MVR800,000 (US$56,420) in damages to an officer who was dismissed in 2010 on a charge of being an accomplice to a woman’s rape in 2011.
Chief Inspector Risheef Thoha was fired in 2011, but the Supreme Court last year ordered his reinstatement with full salary and benefits, claiming his presence at the crime scene did not make him an accomplice.
Risheef was given his job back, but immediately suspended on a second issue of alcohol use.
The civil court on Thursday ordered the police force to pay Risheef some MVR 690,921 as unpaid salary (US$44,806) and some MVR181,000 in benefits (US$11,738).
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