Marital rape victim’s body sent to India for autopsy
The body of a marital rape victim who died of life-threatening injuries last week has been sent to India for a postmortem examination. The 37-year-old woman from the island of Thinadhoo in Gaaf Dhaal atoll was hospitalised in Malé last month. Her husband was arrested on December 11 and remains under police custody.
03 Jan 2016, 9:00 AM
The body of a marital rape victim who died of life-threatening injuries last week has been sent to India for a postmortem examination.
The 37-year-old woman from the island of Thinadhoo in Gaaf Dhaal atoll was hospitalised in Malé last month. Her husband was arrested in mid-December and remains under police custody.
A police spokesman previously told The Maldives Independent that investigating officers were unable to question the victim as she was in critical condition at the Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital.
An autopsy is important to determine “what her entire body had been put through during the assault, which cannot be determined just by doctor’s tests,” the spokesperson explained.
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