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MALE, August 23, 2007 (Haveeru News Service) -- A Bangladeshi worker in Kulhudhuffushi has confessed during the Police investigation to attacking and injuring Mogul Hussain, whose brutally mutilated corpse had been discovered on Monday, the Maldives Police Service said.
According to the Maldives Police Service website, Shafeeg-ul Islam, 45, had confessed to attacking 28-year-old Mogul and had also said that they were in a homosexual relationship. Both of them had lived in Moony Manzil house in Kulhudhuffushi and worked at the shop called Kodi. Shafeeg has been living in Kulhudhuffushi for one and half years now and Mogul had arrived on the island six months before.
Mogul’s corpse, when it had been discovered near the island’s football grounds last Monday, had been brutally mutilated. He had been castrated, disemboweled, with his hands crossed and tied in front of him with his trousers. He had also been stabbed several times all over his body and his severed penis had been found inside a black-coloured bra which had been placed on his groin area.
Two locals, the owner of the shop, Mohamed Adam, and his son, had been taken in for questioning by the Police during the investigation but had been later released without charges. The Police said that their investigation had found no evidence that the two of them were involved in the crime.
The website also stated that there was no evidence that a Kulhudhuffushi woman had been involved in any way in the crime and expressed gratitude for the help and support the Kulhudhuffushi community had given the Police during their investigation.
However, some Kulhudhuffushi residents insist that Mogul and the Kulhudhuffushi woman were involved in a “romantic relationship” and that traditionally the Kulhudhuffushi community was “hostile to outsiders courting local women.”
A Kulhudhuffushi journalist, who wished to remain anonymous, said that “it is tradition for the community to harass any outsider found courting a local woman."
“If an outsider is found courting a local woman, the community will get together, pull him out, throw mud at him, and parade him naked around the island. This is the tradition here. I have witnessed this too.”
Mogul’s body had been brought to Male on Tuesday evening and is being kept at the local Mortuary.
Despite the confession that Shafeeg had attacked and injured Mogul, the website did not specify whether Shafeeg had admitted that it was he who had caused the fatal blow which had killed Mogul. However a handcuffed Shafeeg had on Wednesday re-enacted his actions during the attack on Mogul for the Police who had videoed the scene.
The Police said that a forensic team was still investigating the crime in Kulhudhuffushi and gathering whatever evidence they could about the case.
According to the Maldives Police Service website, Shafeeg-ul Islam, 45, had confessed to attacking 28-year-old Mogul and had also said that they were in a homosexual relationship. Both of them had lived in Moony Manzil house in Kulhudhuffushi and worked at the shop called Kodi. Shafeeg has been living in Kulhudhuffushi for one and half years now and Mogul had arrived on the island six months before.
Mogul’s corpse, when it had been discovered near the island’s football grounds last Monday, had been brutally mutilated. He had been castrated, disemboweled, with his hands crossed and tied in front of him with his trousers. He had also been stabbed several times all over his body and his severed penis had been found inside a black-coloured bra which had been placed on his groin area.
Two locals, the owner of the shop, Mohamed Adam, and his son, had been taken in for questioning by the Police during the investigation but had been later released without charges. The Police said that their investigation had found no evidence that the two of them were involved in the crime.
The website also stated that there was no evidence that a Kulhudhuffushi woman had been involved in any way in the crime and expressed gratitude for the help and support the Kulhudhuffushi community had given the Police during their investigation.
However, some Kulhudhuffushi residents insist that Mogul and the Kulhudhuffushi woman were involved in a “romantic relationship” and that traditionally the Kulhudhuffushi community was “hostile to outsiders courting local women.”
A Kulhudhuffushi journalist, who wished to remain anonymous, said that “it is tradition for the community to harass any outsider found courting a local woman."
“If an outsider is found courting a local woman, the community will get together, pull him out, throw mud at him, and parade him naked around the island. This is the tradition here. I have witnessed this too.”
Mogul’s body had been brought to Male on Tuesday evening and is being kept at the local Mortuary.
Despite the confession that Shafeeg had attacked and injured Mogul, the website did not specify whether Shafeeg had admitted that it was he who had caused the fatal blow which had killed Mogul. However a handcuffed Shafeeg had on Wednesday re-enacted his actions during the attack on Mogul for the Police who had videoed the scene.
The Police said that a forensic team was still investigating the crime in Kulhudhuffushi and gathering whatever evidence they could about the case.
Via Haveeru
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