Officers of the Maldives Police Service and the Correctional Service has entered Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital (IGMH) and taken the former Vice President, Ahmed Adeeb, back to Prison. A close friend of Adeeb, Step Ayya, tweeted that Adeeb was taken to Maafushi Prison.

One Online Journalist on scene said that police brought in their vehicle for the transfer towards the northwest of the hospital.

Following the sudden transfer of the former Vice President back to prison, the MP for Velidhoo constituency and the Vice President of Maldives Third-Way Democrats (MTD), Yaamin Rasheed, spoke to the press stating that the Home Minister, Sheikh Imran Abdulla, has to take the responsibility for the taking Adeeb back to prison against medical advice and the poor medical treatment of the former President in prison. The He said that Adeeb was taken back in violation to the related regulations.

MP Yaamin said that the Home Minister just returned from his visit abroad today and is immediately “showing his power” by transferring Adeeb back to prison.