The police have met with Mohamed Nadheem, the jailed son-in-law of ex-president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, also detained, without his lawyers present. 

Moosa Siraaj, who is representing Nadheem and a number of others arrested in relation to the allegations put forth against the former strongman, said this in a tweet. 

Siraaj said, in the post typed out in Dhivehi, that he calls on the police to not meet their clients without them present. 

Siraaj said officers of the police's forensics team had met with Nadheem and acquired information they need for the investigation. 

Police had also met with Ponniah Sudagar, a Sri Lankan driver arrested in relation to the charges, without his legal representatives present.