The criminal court on Wednesday remanded Ibrahim Haneef for a period of 10 days.
Ibrahim Haneef was arrested on the same day over allegations of conspiring to assassinate the appellate court judge Shujau Usman.
‘Avas’ acquired an audio clip of a discussion among unidentifiable people about plans to assassinate judge Shujau. A reward of MVR400,000 was also offered, if the plan was executed, the audio clip revealed.
Even though the voices are unrecognisable on the audio clip, one individual fully acknowledges that it was his plan, and goes on to say that the “mission is on” after he pays a 50 per cent to the hit men.
On Wednesday, the police confirmed that they are investigating the matter, but did not divulge any further information regarding the case.
Judge Shujau was presiding on the appellate court’s Male division before – however, in a judicial reshuffle, he was transferred to the court’s southern division in Addu City.
Since then, the judicial watchdog has announced the vacancy for Judge Shujau’s replacement on the Male division’s appellate court’s bench.
Recently, the judge was even brought to Male under the protection of the police over the alleged assignation attempt for protective custody.
