Nasheed also tweeted, "Mindful of my own security and

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stability in the Indian Ocean, I have taken refuge at the Indian High Commission in Maldives". According to Indian officials, the former Maldivian President had sought a meeting with High Commissioner D M Mulay, who flew back to Maldives early morning today from Delhi. However, they did not say when was the meeting sought. The arrest warrant was issued against Nasheed by a Maldivian court after he did not turn up for his previously scheduled trial hearing at Hulhumale' Magistrate Court on February 10 in the case. Nasheed was briefly arrested in October last year at the start of the trial. Meanwhile, anti-riots police have surrounded the Indian mission and police have set up barricades around the High Commission area. However, Maldivian President Waheed's official spokesperson Imad Massod told
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