I am not a terrorist: Nasheed tells Maldivian court

February 26, 2015 23:12

Maldives' former president Mohamed Nasheed today said he was not a terrorist and nor did he authorise any arrest as he appeared for a late night hearing in a criminal court here four days after he was arrested under anti-terrorism laws.

During the second hearing, the prosecutor general presented the evidence and information in the case to Nasheed's lawyers after which the court gave them three days to study the case. Nasheed, 47, has been accused of ordering the arrest of a senior judge in 2012 that triggered violence in the Indian Ocean island.

Nasheed declared that he was not a terrorist. And said that the huge support he got during the last presidential election was proof of that, Haveeru Online reported.

A day after he was arrested on February 22, Nasheed was virtually dragged by the security forces to be presented before the criminal court, which ruled that the opposition leader will remain in custody until the case against him was complete.

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