Raudh Ahmed Zilal has been sentenced to 27 days in jail in connection with the fall of Hawwa Yumnu Rasheed from Henveiru Fentenoy house on April 18.

He was charged with failing to provide assistance to a person in need and pleaded guilty to the crime.

Despite the 27-day jail sentence, Raudh will not be detained as he had already spent 32 days under police custody during the investigation.

The Prosecutor General's (PG) office said Raudh escaped drug abuse charges because the police had acted outside of procedure.

PG office Spokesperson Ahmed Shafeeu told Adhadhu that his urine sample was collected without following the due process.

Raudh could have also been charged with unauthorized entry into private property, but the owner of Fentenoy house did not want to press charges.

Background

Raudh was with Yumnu before her fall from the ninth floor of Fentenoy house on April 18.

Police initially said that no one else was believed to have been involved in the fall.

Raudh was not arrested in connection with the incident, but was taken to the police station for questioning. His urine tested positive for drugs at the time. But the police did not arrest him.

However, after criticism of the police response, Raudh was arrested on April 24 and police said he was accused of involvement in Yumnu's fall. Police also alleged that Raudh knew that Yumnu had fallen.

There have been major errors made by the police in this case.

These include lying about the CCTV cameras in Fentenoy house, not searching locations connected to the incident, including the residence of Transport Minister Mohamed Ameen and the residence of a third person involved in the case.

Police went to search these locations six days after the incident. After the search, police said nothing related to the case was found in the two houses. The video footage of the house where Minister Ameen lives had also been damaged.

President Mohamed Muizzu set up a presidential commission to investigate the incident. The commission's report flagged the police errors as a major concern.