Protests hit the Male city of Maldives on Tuesday morning as a yoga event organized by the Indian High Commission was also disrupted and members attacked.
As per media reports, hundreds of protesters attacked the Indian embassy injuring those who were performing yoga. Some property was also damaged.
Police in the Maldives used tear gas and pepper spray to control a crowd of people who disrupted the event,
“The crowd stormed a stadium where more than 150 people, including diplomats and government officers, were taking part in an event celebrating International Day of Yoga, attacking participants and vandalizing the property,” Reuters reported.
Earlier, the protesters brandished placards proclaiming that yoga was against the tenets of Islam, the report said.
Islam is the state religion in the Maldives, a group of islands in the Indian Ocean with a population of about half a million.
Six people have been arrested in connection with the incident, the report quoted Nashwa further saying.