Shamaan was arrested on a court order for allegedly accepting a bribe in exchange for the release of an expatriate who had been detained.
Former Immigration Controller Mohamed Shamaan Waheed has been remanded in custody for 15 days by the Criminal Court.
He was arrested on a court order for allegedly accepting a bribe in exchange for the release of an expatriate who had been detained.
Shamaan was brought before the court last night, where the decision was made to keep him in custody. Three individuals have been detained in connection with the case so far, which involves taking MVR 530,000 from the expatriate.
Police have confirmed that during a search of Shamaan’s residence, they seized a large amount of cash along with electronic devices.
Police said that their investigation received information that some Immigration staff had abused their positions to search an expatriate accommodation, taking the expats into detention and seizing the cash found on them.
Police said that this operation was conducted by staff of sections other than the Task Force and Risk Management sections which hold the responsibility of finding and detaining expatriates living and working illegally in the country. Police said that the staff involved had abused their positions in carrying out this operation.
Police said that one of the expatriates from among these, taken into detention with MVR 530,000, was released in the late hours of the following night on the orders of then Immigration Controller Shammaan. They said that the Immigration staff involved in the search of the expatriate accommodation had met the released expatriate on the street later, and taken the money to the building Shammaan resides in.
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