The Criminal Court has placed a suspect in remand in custody for 20 days for holding persons hostage in a cafe' for three hours, during which time he threatened and assaulted them. 

The suspect arrested in this case has been identified as Ifham Ahmed, 19, of GA. Maamendhoo. 

Ifham was arrested for violence and assault, threatening and intimidation, unlawful compulsion and illegal detainment. The court placed him in remand in custody for 20 days, stating there is sufficient evidence to support the charges. 

Ifham's defence lawyer appealed to the court to grant him conditional bail, which the court rejected. 

The court order shows that statements from the victims and witnesses, medicolegal reports of the victims, photos and reports of injuries sustained by the victims and snapshots of CCTV footage were submitted as evidence. 

As per the court order, Ifham had held a number of people hostage in a cafe'. Police said in court that Ifham had threatened the victims that he would hit them with a glass bottle if they did not hand over their phones. 

Police also said that Ifham had taken videos of the victims from his phone during the hostage situation in a manner detrimental to the dignity and reputation of the victims.