T’gana police book 10 Indonesians who had tested positive

New Delhi: People who attended Tabligh-e-Jamaat congregation being taken for coronavirus screening to Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital from Delhi's Nizamuddin area where a religious congregation of 2000 people at a mosque has thrown up several corona positive cases as six of the persons who returned to Telangana have died from the virus and positive cases are emerging from at least five regions including J&K, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and the Andaman and Nicobar islands; on March 31, 2020. The suspected outbreak was discovered earlier today in Delhi as it emerged that several hid their travel history to foreign countries and a large congregation was held on March 13-5 at the at the Tabligh-e-Jamaat's Markaz in Nizamuddin. The area was sealed today and hundreds of those present were whisked away to hospitals. With this the coronavirus death toll in the country is 43 while the total number of cases has risen to 1,280.

Hyderabad, (Samajweekly) Telangana police have registered a case against 10 Indonesians who tested positive for COVID-19 last month while on a preaching mission in Karimnagar.

The foreigners, who have completed their treatment at government-run Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad, were booked for violation of the provisions of Foreigners Act. They had attended Tablighi Jamaat meeting in Delhi before reaching Karimnagar by train.

Two agents who accompanied the group of Indonesians and four local hosts from Karimnagar were also charged under the Epidemic Diseases Act, Disaster Management Act and also under Indian Penal Code.

Karimnagar police commissionerate’s Town police station suo moto registered the case under Section 14 of the Foreigners Act. However, no arrests have been made.

The Indonesians have completed their treatment. Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao said late Monday that they have been discharged.

A police officer said the agents and local hosts were booked for not informing authorities about the presence of foreigners and their health condition.

The foreigners, accompanied with two agents, had reached Ramagundam by AP Sampark Kranti Express on March 14. From Ramagundam they reached Karimnagar by a private vehicle.

They were staying at a mosque in the town and going around as part of Tablighi activity. Two days later the health authorities shifted all of them to Hyderabad, where they tested positive.

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