Tablig Ameer Saad among 7 sued in Delhi

An FIR has been registered against maulana Saad Kandhalvi, head of a faction of Tablig Jamaat, and six other members of the organisation for violating government directions by holding a religious meet.

Crime Branch, which is investigating the case, is also analysing an audio clip in which Saad is allegedly heard asking people not to fear novel coronavirus, calling it a conspiracy against Islam.

After conducting a health check-up, police reprimanded some of the Jamaat members after they were found spitting while being taken to the buses.

It was found that 3,400 people had attended the religious meet between March 11 and 13 and then left for different parts of the country. Eight men from Kyrgyzstan were found staying at a guesthouse in northwest Delhi. They have been shifted to a quarantine facility in Sultanpuri.

Delhi Police spokesperson Mandeep Singh Randhawa said that a case under Epidemic Diseases Act and IPC sections 269 (negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life), 270 (malignant act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life) and 271 (disobedience to quarantine rule) has been lodged. _Agencies


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