Former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed still in Indian Mission

MALE: Former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed remained holed up in the Indian mission for the fourth day in a row on Saturday even as the country’s judicial watchdog accused Indian high commissioner DM Mullay of interfering in judicial process.

Nasheed has remained at the high commission since Wednesday, when he took refuge there to evade getting arrested for failing to appear in court last weekend to face charges of abuse of power while he was president.

Official sources said the situation has not “changed much” since the foreign ministers of the two countries spoke on Thursday.