Gender Minister Shidhatha Shareef has revealed that the Ministry has requested Maldives Police Service to investigate the case of a woman with special needs being abused in Sh. Feydhoo.

Minister Shidhatha confirmed the news in a tweet on Thursday, and added that it was time to end the mindset about going free without any consequences for harming people with special needs.

The state has taken custody of the woman with special needs tied to a lamp post with a sack on her head in Shaviyani Atoll Feydhoo along with a child of her’s.