One Online journalist, Ali Afaaf Rameez has reported from Baa Atoll Thulhaadhoo that the 19 expatriate workers arrested in Bodufinolhu in connection with the conflict and the hostage taking, has been brought to Thulhaadhoo.

While the people who were arrested were taken to the Thulhaadhoo Police Station on a pickup truck, Police have told One Online that they have no plans to move them to another island.

A statement issued by the police earlier today regarding their operation at Bodufinolhu said that following the reports of the conflict at Bodufinolhu island, the first response was by the Baa Atoll Thulhaadhoo Police Station.

However, the expatriates at Bodufinolhu refused to comply and when officers went to the island late last night, they were met with rocks and metal rods being thrown at them.

Police said that one officer sustained a head injury in the attacks and were taken to the Baa Atoll Health Center for treatment. While another officer sustained a broken finger, many officers sustained numerous degrees of injuries.

And so, a team from the Police Public Order Response Unit, an investigation unit and two officials from the Bangladeshi High Commission went to the island led by two senior officers and rescued the hostages on the island early in the morning.

Maldives Police Service said that this morning’s team did not meet any resistance and with the help of the officials from the Bangladeshi High Commission, communication was established with the expatriates and 19 expatriates that took part in the conflict last night were arrested.

Officers on the island now are checking and collecting information the damages to the property across the island. The case is being investigated by the Serious and Organized Crime Department and the Human Trafficking Department of the Police.