Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed, elected only four years ago, resigned Tuesday following overnight protests, authorities and media reports said. The Maldives High Commission here said Vice President Mohammad Waheed was now the acting president. The dramatic development followed overnight protests, sparked by the arrest on Nasheed's order of a judge over allegations of corruption. The opposition Dhivehi Qaumee Party (DQP) told Sri Lanka's Sunday Leader online edition that a majority of police and army were backing the president's removal.