Two people have been arrested in connection to the rape of a 15-year-old boy in Hulhumale’.

Maldives Police Service, yesterday said that a rape of a 15-year-old boy was reported to the police and an investigation was underway.

Today, police said that a 29-year-old man and a 30-year-old woman have been arrested in connection to the crime.

Sources say that the two suspects in the case are the local movie actor, Mohamed Yunaan and his wife, Fathimath Rihulaa and the crime was reported to the police by his brother.

Following the case, protestors gathered near the suspect’s residence calling for their immediate arrest.

A video has surfaced on social media that show Yunaan and Rihulaa being taken away in a police vehicle while the protest was ongoing. Yesterday, police said that they were taken to the police station in a police vehicle for their own safety.