Police have arrested a taxi driver for alleged sexual harassment against a female passenger.
Police said to the media that the report of the harassment came in around 12:50 midnight and that the suspect had driven a 20-year-old female passenger to the secluded beach area in Hulhumale' Phase II against her will.
Police also said that the driver then had allegedly made sexual advances against the victim.
Sources have said that the woman had taken the taxi to go from a house in Henveiru ward to Maafannu ward of Male'. But instead of dropping her off at her destination in Maafannu, the suspect had locked the doors of the vehicle once she got in and driven to Hulhumale' against her will.
Police had identified the taxi driver as a 41-year-old male.
They are currently investigating the case.
