The lawyers representing the expatriate workers arrested in the riot at Bodufinolhu, Baa Atoll, levelled allegations against Maldives Police Service and the island developer Seal Maldives on Saturday.
On July 2, 203 expatriate workers in Bodufinolhu protested over six months of unpaid wages and barred 13 local staff from leaving the island. Maldives Police Service arrested 19 individuals amid the operation to de-escalate the hostage situation.