Maldives Speaker Mohamed Nasheed injured in blast

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MALE, 07 May 2021, (TON): Maldives’ first democratically elected president and current Parliament Speaker Mohamed Nasheed was injured in a blast Thursday near his home. He was rushed to the hospital where his condition is stable.

Indian and other foreign agencies have taken the lead and investigating the blast. India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar in a tweet described the blast as an attack on Nasheed and offered assistance in the probe. However, Maldivian police cis not clear if the blast was accidental or was an assassination attempt.

Maldives is a peace loving countries and New Delhi intend sending its intelligence apparatus to announce already decided plan to link the blast with the religious Islamic groups. So that onwards peace could not prevail in the tourist destination.

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