Two cops probing Tablighi Jamaat case test positive for Coronavirus

NEW DELHI: Two policemen of Delhi Police crime branch associated with the probe into the allegations of negligence by the members of Tablighi Jamaat and its chief Maulana Saad have tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19).

According to police sources, the two policemen tested positive for the virus two-three days ago. Following this, at least 10-12 other policemen have also been kept in home-quarantine.

Two of them — a head constable and a constable — are members of Delhi Police’s crime branch, which is probing Tablighi Jamaat head Maulana Saad and his associates in connection with the religious congregation in a six-storey building in the Nizamuddin area in March, in violation of government orders. The policemen were sent to isolation and are under treatment. Their family members have been asked to quarantine themselves at home.

On Thursday, a Delhi Police sub-inspector from Amar Colony police station whose duty was at Okhla Mandi had also tested positive for Covid-19.

Of the total 38 police personnel infected with the virus so far, five have already recovered and have been discharged from quarantine facilities they were admitted to.

The five discharged policemen include three constables from the Chandni Mahal police station, one assistant subinspector (ASI) from the traffic police unit and his batchmate, who was deployed at the AIIMS Trauma Centre police post.