Police have saved an individual being held hostage in a house in Male'.
They confirmed that the victim was a Bangladeshi national. Police said they received a complaint at 6:00 am today that a man was illegally detained inside a house in the city.
Police further said that the officers who attended the call broke the lock on the house to free the person inside.
They also said that the victim was then taken to Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital IGMH for observation and that the person did not show any physical signs of abuse or torture.
Police stated that they were further investigating the incident.
