Jamaat members defecate in open at Narela centre

The Delhi police, on Tuesday, has registered an FIR against two members of Tablighi Jamaat for allegedly defecating in front of a room at a quarantine centre in Outer Delhi’s Narela.

The police said that the duo accused have been identified as Mohammad Fahd (25) and Adnam Zahir (18). They are residents of Barabanki in Uttar Pradesh and had attended the religious congregation held last month at Markaz.

According to a senior police official, after a few members who attended it were tested positive for coronavirus in March, several others were shifted to different quarantine centres across the city.

“The case was registered on Saturday, after the police received information from the sanitation staff at the quarantine centre about the men defecating in front of their rooms,” said the senior police official.

“The incident took place in front of Room No. 212 on the second floor of the centre. A sanitation worker

◗ Out of the total 4,067 cases of Covid-19 in the country, at least 1,445 cases and about 15 deaths have been found to be linked to the religious congregation of Tablighi Jamaat in city last month

and the house keeping supervisor reported the incident. The persons residing in the room are the suspects of the act. They didn’t follow the instructions of the health department and government to prevent the spread of the virus. The men put the life of others at risk by jeopardising the entire containment measure,” read the FIR registered at Narela Industrial Area police station.

Out of the total 4,067 cases of coronavirus in the country, at least 1,445 Covid-19 cases and about 15 deaths in the country have been found to be linked to the religious congregation held at the Nizamuddin headquarters of the Tablighi Jamaat last month.