Three arrested after two held hostage and assaulted inside Malé café

Police said tonight that a total of three people have been arrested in connection with a case in which two people were held hostage and subjected to violence inside a café in Malé. The incident took place inside a café on Maaveyo Road. One person was arrested and remanded in custody for 15 days by the Criminal Court yesterday. He is Ifham Ahmed, 19, of Ifan, Ga. Maamendhoo. According to his court order, the victims were held inside the café for about three hours without their permission. Police said in court that a video was taken on a phone in a manner that degrades the dignity and honour of the victims. Additionally, the victims were threatened that they would be struck with a glass bottle if they did not hand over their phones, police said. According to what police said tonight, two people were held hostage inside the café in the incident. In addition to Ifham, the others arrested in the case are Aiham Adil, 24, of Zenith, Ga. Maamendhoo, and Mohamed Shunaan, 21, of Dunthari, Ka. Kaashidhoo. Among these three people, Aiham and Ifham are from the same island. According to police, all three were arrested under a court order.