Male: A former vice president of the Maldives who was arrested after fleeing to neighboring India to avoid questioning over the alleged embezzlement of state funds has been taken to a Maldives detention center after being returned to the country.
India had refused entry to former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb on Thursday.
Maldives police later confirmed that they had arrested him and returned him to the Indian Ocean nation.
Adeeb was brought to Male, the Maldives’ capital, late Sunday night in a navy ship.
On Monday, he was taken to Dhoonidhoo detention center. (AP)
