The Maldives Police Service last Monday sent the case of Islamic Democratic Party President Umar Naseer, charged with assaulting a man during the protest held outside the President’s Office on last October, to the Prosecutor General’s Office.
A Police Media Official said on Wednesday that the Police had concluded their investigation and sent the case to the Prosecutor General.
Umar has denied that he assaulted anyone during the protest. He said that he was aware that there was a video clip which apparently shows him assaulting a person that day but said that it just appeared that way because of the angle the video was shot from. Umar further said that he had another video clip of the same incident taken from another angle which clearly shows that he did not physically attack anyone.
He went on to say that it was a political move and that the Government had been trying for a year to press charges against him. He added that the charges wouldn’t stick.
There had been some clashes between MDP and DRP supporters during the protest.
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