In a shocking incident, a police officer allegedly tried to bug the rooms of several officials of the country’s parliament, including Speaker Nasheed, Sun news reported on Monday. 

The incident came to light when the Maldives’ parliament Speaker Mohammad Nasheed informed a parliament committee that an incident of attempting bugging of rooms in the parliament had come to his notice. 

An officer in charge of the parliament security informed the speaker about attempts to bug the rooms in the parliament compound. The Sergeant-at-Arms reported recently of an attempt to bug or to install recording devices at a committee room, the Parliament’s Deputy Speaker’s room, and my own,” Nasheed was quoted as saying by Sun news. 

The alleged police officer reportedly discussed the bugging of rooms with a female employee of parliament’s Sergeant-at-Arms. The alerted employee then informed about the incident to her seniors, Nasheed told the committee. 

The purpose behind the bugging is not yet known, and the speaker said it won’t be possible for the police to investigate the case. Nasheed, however, informed that he had instructed the parliament’s National Security Service Committee to look into the matter.