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JSC suspends Criminal Court judge Rasheed

Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has suspended the appellate criminal court judge Ahmed Rasheed.

It is disclosed that judge Rasheed was removed from his designation over JSC's probe which involves him. While no further details of the case has been revealed to public, it is confirmed that JSC had collected Rasheed's statement over the probing.

However the exact nature of Rasheed's suspension and the details of investigation had not been disclosed.

Judge Rasheed was appointed to his designation in 2015, while he had been a member of JSC prior to that.