High Court upholds ruling on Shafiu’s release
No evidence to warrant further detention
Undated photo of Ahmed Shafiu: High Court has upheld Criminal Court decision to release him
High Court has upheld the verdict issued on Ahmed Shafiu, issued by Criminal Court.
Criminal Court had decreed that there was not enough evidence on Shafiu to further detain him on charges on conspiring to offer bribes to Parliament Members in connection to the no confidence motion on Speaker Abdullah Maseeh.
High Court issued the decision after the state had filed the case for appeal in High Court.
He was arrested as part of the investigation over the claims made by Isdhoo Constituency MP Ahmed Rasheed that his signature on the no confidence motion against Parliament Speaker Abdullah Maseeh was forged.
A photo showing MP Rasheed signing the motion in front of now jailed Dhiggaru Constituency MP Ahmed Faris Maumoon had circulated following the said claims. RaajjeMV understands that Shafiu was the individual who had taken that photograph and videoed the proceedings.
MP Rasheed himself, later on refuted his own claims and said that his signature was authentic.
The High Court ruling said that there was no supporting evidence that mandated Shafiu’s detention further and therefore there were no legal grounds to change the verdict issued by Criminal Court.
Shafiu was released by Criminal Court on July 9th.
