Superintendent of Prisons at the Maldives Correctional Services (MCS), Mohamed Asif has been relieved from duty.

RaajjeMV received a copy of the notice dismissing him from duty, which applies from Thursday, 1st March, onwards.

The notice sites an ethics violation under section 85 of the institution's opearting guidelines for employees.

Asif has claimed that board of MCS had adjudicated on Asif's dismissal under section 86 of the standard guidelines, without having followed a proper investigation.