A dead body found inside a house in Male' on Monday was a man who was reported missing, police have said.
Police announced a search for Ahmed Aiman, 30, from the Boalhakinkirimaage house in the Machchangoalhi ward, on Monday morning. Late on Monday night, police said that a dead body found earlier in the day had been identified as the missing man.
The cause of death was unclear.
He was found dead in the ground floor of Ma. Rabeeuvilla, a vacant house.
A fire incident occurred at the house on April 30 this year. The owner said on social media at the time that there were no residents in the building, which was severely damaged by the fire.
Monday's incident was the second time this month that a dead body was found inside a house in Male'.
On May 13, a dead body was found inside a vacant house in the Bandeyri Koshi neighbourhood.
The deceased was Hammad Saeed, 30, from Gaaf Dhaal Hoadedhdhoo, Adhadhu learned.
The body was sent for a postmortem in India on Monday, police said. As autopsies cannot be conducted in the Maldives, corpses in such cases are usually sent to India.
