Parliament scheduled to hear committee report on Dr. Afrasheem's murder on Monday

The Parliament is scheduled to hear the report compiled by Security Services Committee (241 Committee) following its review of the Disappearances and Deaths Commission (DDCOm)’s findings into the murder of prominent politician and Islamic scholar Dr. Afrasheem Ali on Monday.

The 241 Committee had formed a sub-committee – composed of West Henveyru MP Hassan Latheef, Maduvvari MP Adam Shareef Umar, and Faresmathoda MP Hussain Mohamed Latheef - to conduct the review.

The sub-committee was charged with seven tasks:

• Identifying the number of local jihadist groups, their cells, and members.
• Identifying the exact value of the contract issued for Dr. Afrasheem’s murder, the money trail.
• Identifying the local jihadist groups mentioned in the report.
• Identifying those involved in the cover-up of the murder.
• Investigating possible involvement of police or Immigration
• Establishing the current whereabouts of the people named in the report.
• Instructing relevant State authorities on the immediate measures which need to be put in place in response to the report.

The sub-committee completed its review in two days and under closed doors. Its report was passed by the 241 Committee on Wednesday, November 20.

Dr. Afrasheem was murdered in the early hours of October 2, 2012 at the stairwell of his residence just as he returned home after appearing on a live TV show.

DDCom’s investigation concludes that Dr. Afrasheem’s murder had been a contract killing ordered by a local jihadist group run by Mohamed Mazeed (Dhafthar 471) and Samith Mohamed (Athireege, Th. Omadhoo).

It believes Azlif Rauf (H. Hilton), Hussain Human Ahmed (H. Lobby), Ali Shan (H.Hicoast), and an unnamed minor to have actively participated in the murder, while several others served as lookouts.