Maldives Police Service revealed that an underaged individual was arrested on Wednesday, over the kidnapping of Shirmeena Aboobakr earlier this month.
Police on November 1, arrested a 31-year-old man on the suspicion of kidnapping Shirumeena. He is detained under an additional 15 days of remand.
Authorities announced Shirumeena's status as a missing person on November 1, requesting any person with information regarding her whereabouts to come forward.
According to her family, she was found unconscious in the stairwell of her house on November 2.
After she was found, Shirumeena was taken to Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital (IGMH) for treatment as there were various bruises and cuts across her body.
The family asserts that she was abducted, kidnapped and extorted for MVR 25,000.
The police are conducting further investigations into the case.