None of the 47 arrested were connected to murder case, says Criminal Court
22 Mar 2011, 6:16 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
The Criminal Court’s Chief Judge Abdulla Mohamed has said that none of 47 persons arrested by police and brought to the court for extension of detention following the gang murder of 21 year-old Ahusan Basheer were connected with the case.
”Nobody arrested was brought in connection to the murder case,” said the Chief Judge, after the string of arrests.
Police began a special operation in Male’ after the murder case, and reported that more than 50 persons were arrested.
”Police said those persons who were brought before the judges were persons were planning assaults,” Abdulla said. ”Some of them were released but most of them are still kept in detention.”
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