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Suspicious 'suicide' buried after post-mortem

The woman who reportedly committed suicide in Haa Dhaal Atoll Nolhivaram island last week was buried on Friday after a post-mortem.

The Nolhivaram born woman now identified as Shahida Ali was found hanging in the outhouse of her home in the island last Friday.

Police had said the investigation had team found the apparent suicide "suspicious" and had send the body to India for a psot-mortem on Tuesday.

Police however, are yet to reveal the findings of the post-mortem.

Before her death, the woman had reportedly gone missing a few weeks ago but was later found in the woods.

Her body was reportedly found by her husband and due to the suspicious nature of her death, some media sources reported that the husband had been arrested. Police however, denied the reports by insisting that no one has been arrested in connection to the case thus far.