Maldives Police Service and Gender Ministry has begun an investigation into a case connecting a minor who was raped in a local island in the central region of the Maldives.

Police Media officials confirms that a case of pregnant minor becoming pregnant was reported to the central police division in the Maldives. The case now being investigated as rape case according to police whom are collaborating with the Gender ministry.

Authorities have not disclosed the details or identify of the minor in-order to protect integrity of the minor. The police have not commented on the following.

Recently, several rape cases has been reported including the rape case of foreign national working at a safari in the Maldives.