Man Previously Jailed for Damaging Mosques Arrested Again for Indecent Act at Furqan Mosque

Naushad Moosa, who was previously arrested and released in the case of repeatedly damaging mosques, has been arrested again on suspicion of committing indecent acts in front of a woman who was at the Furqan Mosque in Malé yesterday morning for the Dhuhr prayer. Police spokesperson Ahmed Shiyaam said today that a case was filed with the police alleging that Naushad exposed himself in front of a woman who was praying and satisfied his own desire. Shiyaam said Naushad has been arrested in that case. He also said steps are being taken to prevent such an act from being repeated by him. Naushad, 32, was arrested on September 25 last month in the case of repeatedly damaging mosques and was detained until the trial concluded. The Criminal Court ruled on the first day of this month that he was proven guilty of the offence. On the fourth day of this month, the police told the media that Naushad was proven guilty in the case of damaging the mosque, and that the Criminal Court delivered a sentence of one month and 15 days in prison on the first day of this month. However, under the order to detain him until the trial concluded in this case, since he had spent one month and 21 days in detention, the court then determined that after deducting that period from the sentence, there was no further prison sentence for him to serve. Therefore, the Criminal Court annulled the order issued to keep him in detention. According to the court order, it is known from his arrest and detention log that Naushad is a person who commits such offences. The order also states that he is a person who also has a record of other types of offences.