Court allows foreign Jamaatis to be relocated to nine Alternate places; 47 charge-sheets filed

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Thursday allowed the foreign nationals who attended the Tablighi Jamaat event in Nizamuddin Markaz to be relocated to alternate places from the quarantine centres.

Disposing off the petition filed by the members who said that they were being kept in the quarantine centres even after their quarantine period was over, the court directed that all foreign nationals will be shifted to nine designated places and Tablighi Jamaat will be responsible for their food and other daily needs.

The court also ordered for a detailed list of members shifted to the designated places to be prepared and submitted to the Delhi Police. They will not be allowed to leave these places without intimating the police

Meanwhile, the crime branch filed 12 new charge sheets against 536 foreign Jamaatis on Thursday. This is the third consecutive day that the police filed the charge-sheets. In total, 47 charge-sheets have been filed by Crime branch against 912 foreign nationals who attended the Markaz event.

Earlier, the Supreme Court bench led by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde on Wednesday asked the Centre to make sure people do not instigate the public on issues that could lead to a law and order problem for enforcement agencies.

The court’s remarks came while it was hearing a batch of petitions, urging the top court to prevent communalisation of the Nizamuddin Markaz issue by certain sections of print and electronic media.

One of the petitioners, Jamiat Ulema-e-hind, an advocacy body working for Mus

lims, had on 6 April moved the Supreme Court for directions to the government and media not to “demonise entire Muslim community over spread of COVID-19 due to Nizamuddin Markaz congregation of Tab

lighi Jamaat”.

“Don’t let people instigate, these are things (that) later become a law and order prob

lem,” the CJI remarked while hearing the petitions. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta was present during the hearing that took place through video conferencing.