Delhi asks DMs to release 2,446 Tablighi members

New Delhi, May 10

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The Delhi government has asked district magistrates to release 2,446 Tablighi Jamaat members from quarantine centres and ensure that they do not stay in any other place except their homes.

The district magistrates will explore the possibility of sending those Tablighi members, who belong to other states, in buses to their designated places in accordance with social distancing norms and other protocols, DDMA Special CEO KS Meena said in a letter to deputy commissioners (administration).

As many as 567 foreign attendees of the congregation held in Delhi’s Nizamuddin area in March will be handed over to the police, Meena said.

“They (foreign Jamaat attendees) will be handed over to the police in connection with several violations like visa violation,” a government official said on Saturday. Delhi Home Minister Satyendar Jain had recently ordered the release of Tablighi members who have completed their required quarantine period in centres and tested negative for Covid-19.

“Out of such people belonging to Delhi, who could be released as per prescribed guidelines should be issued passes to travel from the quarantine centres. The aforesaid persons should be allowed to stay in any other places, including mosques,” Meena said in the letter. —PTI

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