The police said on Monday that they have no new updates in the investigation into the murder of an elderly man from AA. Maalhos, who died over two weeks back following a brutal attack as he slept in his home.
Abdul Rahman Adam, 65, Orchidmaage in AA. Maalhos, was rushed to the local health center at around 01:50 am on July 13 after he was found bleeding in his bedroom. According to the police, he was inflicted “serious injuries” while he was sleeping in his home, and died a couple of hours later at the local health center.
His body was sent to the Indian city of Trivandrum on July 21 for an autopsy to determine the cause of death. It was transported back to the Maldives on July 23, and buried in Male’ City the next day.
Abdul Rahman and his wife Nazima Ibrahim, a council assistant at the Maalhos Council, had been living alone at the time of the murder. The couple have three children, two of whom reside in other islands. Meanwhile the third, an ambulance driver for the Maalhos Health Center, had been away in Male’ at the time of the murder.
A special investigative team from Male’ was sent to Maalhos to investigate the case.
However, the killer remains at large, 15 days on.
When asked if they have made any progress in the investigation, a police spokesperson told Sun on Monday morning that they have no new updates to share.
An update will be provided as soon as we receive the results of the autopsy, said the spokesperson.
Sun had been informed through a credible source that Abdul Rahman died from serious injuries to his head. However, the exact nature of the injuries is unclear.
Abdul Rahman was a fisherman, and was often away from home working on fishing boats from other islands.
His son, Ahmed Nimal told Sun that that his parents slept in separate rooms on Saturday night. His mother woke up from her sleep to the sound of someone running out of the house.
She looked out of her bedroom to find the main door to the house ajar.
“She went into my father’s room and found so much blood,” said a distraught Nimal.
Nimal told Sun that the house has two doors, one of which is usually left unlocked.
Nimal said that he cannot think of anyone who could have committed such a horrific act, neither can he think of anyone who harbored resentment or any ill will towards his father.
This feeling of bewilderment is echoed by local residents, who report that Abdul Raheem and his family lived a simple life, and cannot think of anyone who had a grudge against him or any possible motivation for his murder.