Athhar has passed away following a suicide attempt while in police custody. Authorities have plans to conduct an autopsy to determine his cause of death.
Adam Athhar, who kidnapped and held his partner hostage at knife-point on the streets of Malé following a domestic spat has passed away today while receiving treatment at hospital following a suicide attempt.
Police issued a statement confirming his death, detailing that he died at 16:08 hrs at Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital (IGMH).
His death comes as police investigate his attempted suicide in his jail cell while in remand pending the outcome of his trial. With this new development, the agency has decided to send his body for an autopsy determine the cause of his death.
According to the timeline of events, police said live security camera footage was how they discovered him attempting to hang himself. This was at 19:02 pm last night. It took 23 minutes between removing him from the noose and admitting him to the emergency department of IGMH, the agency said.
Thursday's hostage situation unfolded when a disagreement between Athhar and his partner over paying rent for their shared accommodation escalated. Athhar held his partner, who is a police recruit, hostage with a knife to her neck and threatened to kill her when police arrived on the scene.
Although he got on the back of a motor cycle which he made his partner drive still at knife point, crowds gathered and they were unable to drive off further. Shortly after that, a police officer came from behind and hit Athhar on the head with a baton, at which point he fell along with the motorcycle and his partner. As they fell, Athhar tried to slash his partner's throat, but this attempt proved to be unsuccessful.
Police and onlookers rescued the victim, who got away with minor injuries and received treatment at IGMH.
Athhar however, had injuries to the head and was taken away on a police vehicle to ADK, and was later transferred to IGMH. Following tests, he was discharged and taken under police custody. However, his condition worsened and was taken back to the hospital, but was discharged soon after as well.
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