Remand extended for lover of murdered IGMH nurse's spouse
The victim's spouse, Mavin was arrested shortly after her body was taken to the hospital
Maavin, husband of Mary Grace (L) pictured with Lamha, (R)
The remand period of a Maldivian woman arrested in connection to the murder of a Philippines national employed as a nurse at Indhira Gandhi Memorial Hospital (IGMH), has been extended.
Maldives Police Service (MPS) confirmed the arrest of the Maldivian woman under a court order, on December 16.
The court remanded the woman; Haleemath Lamha by 15 days in mid-December. Her remand has since been extended by an additional 15 days.
Mary Grace was employed as a worker at the Dialysis Center of IGMH. The Filipino nurse’s suspicious death was reported on October 19. After bringing her body to the hospital, her spouse initially claimed that she committed suicide by hanging. However, he is to have later changed the story.
The police arrested her spouse, 29 years of age and also a Filipino employed as a nurse in IGMH, under suspicions of murder as there were no signs of suicide by hanging, on the victim’s body. Her spouse was arrested on October 27. The Criminal Court on October 28 remanded the man by 15 days. His remand had been extended after the initial period expired.
The murdered nurse’s body was sent to India for an autopsy and returned to her family in Philippines afterwards, on November 7.
Citing the autopsy report, the police institution revealed that her death is not believed to have been by hanging. The autopsy report indicated that she died from a “blunt trauma”, which refers to an injury of the body by forceful impacts, falls or a physical attack on the body.
Sources report that Marvin; the victim’s spouse and Lamha were having an affair. The latter is also a nurse employed at IGMH.
The police institution forwarded the case for prosecution on December 19. The Prosecutor General’s Office has since revealed that a decision on the matter will be reached within the week.
