Police have arrested six expats working on Fushivelaavaru in Noonu Atoll, after they allegedly assaulted two Maldivian staff members on the island.
According to a police statement, the incident occurred last night with the six expats workers being arrested at 5:30am this morning.
The expats arrested were all Bangladeshi nationals aged between 25 to 31, police stated. Police have not revealed the names of the persons arrested or the details surrounding the incident.
However, police stated that a 19 year-old and 25 year-old Maldivian were injured in the fight.
The two Maldivians were hospitalised at Manadhoo Hospital based in Noonu Atoll.
A police team is on the island investigating the case.
According to local media, Fushivelaavaru is an uninhabited island being developed into a resort.
An online newspaper based in Noonu Atoll, ‘Manadhoo Live’, reported that according to people working on the island, the incident occurred at about 8:15pm after a Maldivian staff member accidentally ran into a Bangladeshi man while he was walking out of the mess room.
The paper reported that the Bangladeshi workers on the island confronted the Maldivians following the incident and four Bangladeshi men allegedly attacked the two Maldivians using an iron bar.
Last Wednesday (May 15), an Indian physics teacher was hospitalised after a group of angry islanders allegedly confronted him on the island of Kumundhoo in Haa Dhaalu Atoll.
The teacher was then reported to have been beaten over accusations he hit a student in the chest.
Police have arrested eight persons from the island in connection with the case.
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