The Criminal Court has cancelled the hearing it scheduled for Monday, over the allegations put forth against those arrested in Yameen Rasheed’s brutal murder. 

The case was scheduled for 3:00 pm on Monday, and the court is yet to announce a reason for the cancellation.

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The six defendants are facing charges of assault with a deadly weapon and subsequently of first-degree murder. The charges were officially put forth on 31st July.

The defendants are Ismail Haisham Rasheed, Hussain Ziyad, Ismail Rasheed, Hassan Shifaz, Mohamed Dhifran and Ahmed Zihan. An additional suspect has also reportedly been charged with accessory to murder.

Yameen was murdered in the stairwell of his home on the early hours of April 23rd, 2017.