Man arrested for sexually abusing a child

A man has been arrested in H.Dh. Kulhuduffushi for forcefully sexually abusing a nine-year-old girl.

Police arrested a 57-year-old man in the case.

Today, the Police said that the man was arrested on Monday around 9:48 a.m. with court order following a report to the Kulhudhuffushi Police Station for sexually abusing a small girl over the course of days from a trusted position.

When the man was taken to the Kulhudhuffushi Magistrate Court, the court extended his remand for 15 days to keep him detained at a location assigned by the Home Ministry to investigate the case.