Court orders Rilwan kidnapping suspects to be transferred from house arrest to place specified by ministry

High Court has ordered the two suspects being kept under house arrest in kidnapping of Maldives Independent – then Minivan News – journalist Ahmed Rilwan to be transferred to a place specified by Home Ministry.

An official from Prosecutor General’s Office told “Sun” on Saturday that High Court overruled the Criminal Court decision last Thursday.

One of the suspects in the owner of the red car that Rilwan is believed to have been kidnapped and carried away on – Ahmed Aleef Rauf from H. Hilton, and Mohamed Nooraddin from Karankaage in G. Dh. Vaadhoo – who is believed to have driven the care in Hulhumale’ – where Rilwan lived.

Rilwan was kidnapped almost two years ago – on August 8, 2014.

Speaking in a press conference held regarding the case on April 2, Superintendent of Police, Abdulla Shatheeh said that witnesses had confessed to hearing the sound of screams coming from where the car was when Rilwan was kidnapped – three times, and to seeing a hand waving out of the left door of the car.

Shatheeh had said that Rilwan’s kidnapping had been preplanned. And that Rilwan’s every movemend had been shadowed, led by Mohamed Suaid from Athiree Aage in S. Hulhudhoo.

He said that both Aleef and Suad belonged to Kuda Henveriru Gang.

Police have said that they are still investigating the case, and did not know yet if Rilwan was dead or alive.