Prosecutor General’s Office has submitted documents to Criminal Court to raise charges against former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb for illegally leaving Maldives without proper travel documents.
The former vice president was to be summoned by Maldives police on July 31. However, the police said he fled instead of providing a statement regarding the MMPRC corruption scandal. He was also registered as a key witness against former President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom’s ongoing money laundering case proceeding at Criminal Court.
The former vice president was apprehended when he arrived in Thoothukudi, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu on August 1. He left Maldives on a tugboat named Virgo 9 on July 27.
In a statement, the international legal team led by UK-based Guernica 37 International Justice Chambers said Adeeb has sought asylum in India. However, his request was rejected and he was handed over to Maldivian authorities.
After being brought back to Maldives, Supreme Court ordered to detain the former vice president until the end of the trial on Maabinhura embezzlement case.