76-year old arrested for abusing toddler

A 76-year-old local man has been arrested from an island in the south of Maldives for sexually abusing a three-year-old child.

Reports of the case were received by Police around 13:00 today and a man, aged 76 was arrested under a court order.

The number of child abuse cases coming to light in the Maldives has seen an increase in the last few weeks.