Mohamed Aabid has been charged with deliberate murder in connection to the murder in Khanji restaurant, Hulhumalé in April.
The Prosecutor General’s Office (PG Office) revealed that charges of deliberate murder with a sharp weapon, have been filed at the Criminal Court against the Pakistani national.
The charges were forwarded to the court on June 15, and comes under the act on the prohibition of threatening and being in possession of sharp weapons and objects.
The murdered Bangladeshi man was employed as a waiter at Khanji restaurant in the capital’s suburban extension.
He died from injuries after being assaulted inside the café by Aabid, on April 16, while receiving treatment.
Maldives Police Service (MPS) revealed that they received information of the assault with a sharp weapon inside a restaurant in Hulhumalé, on the evening of April 16.
A team of police officers was dispatched to the area shortly after the report was received.
The injured Bangladeshi man was rushed to the hospital immediately. However, doctors had pronounced the man dead a short while after he was brought in for treatment.
The Pakistani man, employed as a chef at Khanji, was arrested a day later, from the beach area in Hulhumalé Phase II.