Supreme court asked to summon high-profile witnesses for Nazim’s appeal

In an hour-long statement delivered at a preliminary appeal hearing this morning, Nazim’s lawyer Husnu Suood said the evidence will show a policeman named Asif planted a pistol in Nazim’s bedroom after a warrant for raiding his apartment was obtained on false pretences.

Suood told the apex court that then-Tourism Minister Ahmed Adeeb had met with then-Prosecutor General Muhthaz Muhsin at the latter’s residence on the eve of the midnight raid on January 18 last year.

After a “frantic and worried” Adeeb told the PG that Nazim was planning to kill him, Suood claimed Police Commissioner Hussain Waheed came over a few minutes later, made a phone call, and instructed Station Inspector Azmath Abdulla to seek a warrant from the criminal court’s chief judge.