Indian helicopter made a trip without MNDF knowledge, now control regained with civilian operators: Ghassan

Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF) has revealed today that the Indian military personnel who were previously operating the helicopters gifted to the Maldives by the Indian government had made a trip on the helicopter without notifying the Maldivian military during the administration of former President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih.

Minister of Defence Mohamed Ghassan Maumoon also said in a press conference today that this issue had been raised in the Parliament's Committee on National Security Services (241 Committee) when he had been serving in the committee in his earlier capacity as a member of parliament.