Family of slain blogger and social media activist Yameen Rasheed on Wednesday filed a negligence lawsuit claiming that the police had failed to investigate the multiple death threats the victim had received before his gruesome murder.
The family in the civil lawsuit argued that despite Yameen reporting the death threats over the years, police had failed to take any action to protect the victim.
Renowned lawyer Husnu Suood representing the family in the case said the police was liable in Yameen's murder as they had failed to provide protection for the victim despite the repeated death threats.
The 29-year-old social media activist was found with severe stab injuries in the stairwell of his home and was rushed to the state-run Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital (IGMH) where he was pronounced dead shortly after.
According to the family, Yameen was stabbed over 30 times in the neck, chest and face.
Yameen had been very vocal about receiving death threats for publishing his strong views on politics and religious extremism through his political-satire blog ‘The Daily Panic’.
He had even claimed on social media that he reported these threats to the police, but that it fell on deaf ears. However, the police claim that they did investigate the threats and gave regular updates to Yameen.
Police meanwhile have arrested two suspects in connection to the murder after having identified several suspects in a series of CCTV footage.
