GUWAHATI: Darrang Police in Assam has registered a case against Darrang district committee of Tablighi Jamaat. Police registered the case after it caught 9 absconding attendees of Tablighi Jamaat at Nizamuddin Markaz from Kharupetia area on Sunday amid COVID19 scare.
On Sunday, a team of Assam Police caught the absconding returnees from one’s Yakub Ali’s home of Kamarpara village in Kharupetia area.
“We have caught nine members of the Jamaat in the presence of Sub-Divisional Magistrate and handed over them to a medical team. All of them are from Mumbai,” said a police officer.
According to the reports, after attending Tablighi Jamaat at Nizamuddin Markaz, this group of nine people came to Assam through Mumbai and Kolkata. They visited several mosques in Darrang district and had been hiding in Yakub’s home since March 24.
On the other hand, Assam health minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma warned that cases would be filed against the absconding attendees under Disatser Management Act for wilful disobedience if they continue to hide after today.
Assam has so far reported 26 COVID19 positive cases, 25 among them are linked with Tablighi Jamaat at Nizamuddin Markaz in Delhi which has sparked a wave of Coronavirus positive cases across the country.
