Criminal Court extends detention of second suspect in Afrasheem murder case
28 Jan 2013, 3:45 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
The Criminal Court yesterday extended the detention period of Ahmed Shan, the second main suspect arrested in connection with the death of late MP and well-known religious scholar Dr Afrasheem Ali.
The Criminal Court told local media that Shan, of Henveiru Hikost House, was summoned to the Criminal Court yesterday and his pretrial detention period was extended another 15 days.
Meanwhile, the Criminal Court recently started the trial of Hussain Human, the main suspect arrested in connection with the case.
During the first hearing the state attorney read out the charges against Humam, who pleaded not guilty and requested the court grant him the opportunity to appoint a lawyer.
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