Case lodged at JSC against CC Judge Shakeel for ordering release of alleged terrorist

An independent party, on Sunday, lodged a case at the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), requesting to investigate Criminal Court’s Chief Judge Ahmed Shakeel over releasing alleged terrorist Mohamed Ameen on house arrest.

Mohamed Ameen, the first Maldivian on the list of terrorists publicised by America's Department of the Treasuries Office of Foreign Affairs Control (OFAC), was arrested in October 2019 over allegations of spreading extremist ideologies in Maldives on a large scale, in addition to recruiting and directing terrorist fighters abroad.