Is Nizamuddin Markaz’s intention to risk India?

By, Indrani Sarkar

The negligence at the Markaz of the Tablighi Jamaat in Nizamuddin, Delhi has spread sensation all over the country. Despite the announcement of a 21-day lockdown in the country to prevent the spread of the Corona virus, around five hundred tribes of seven countries were hiding here.

When the police arrived here early on Sunday, the stampede broke out but about 200 people were arrested, who were admitted to different hospitals in Delhi. The search for the rest continues. In this case, the local police is also facing huge negligence. Now the police has been ordered to file a case in this case.

According to the senior police officer, out of the nearly 200 people arrested in Nizamuddin, 24 have been confirmed as having corona virus. Now the number may increase. The men have been under investigation since Sunday night. 6 were confirmed last night. 18 Corona positives have been found today. 2 of these are foreign. The rest are from Assam , Kolkata, Tamil Nadu and Kashmir . Hence, a total of 25 new cases have been reported in Delhi on Monday, out of which 18 are Nizamuddin’s mercenaries and the remaining seven are from Delhi. According to the information that has been released recently, seven people have been killed in the program here. Six of them have died in Telangana.

The whole case is :

The groups of foreign mercenaries had started gathering from March 14-15 in the Markaz of the Tablighi tribe in Nizamuddin. From 16 to 18 March, there was a conference of Tablighis, in which the Tablighi and other Islamic scholars and scholars were gathered from all over the country. Right now the exact number is not estimated, but this number is in the thousands. After the conference, most of the Tablighi returned, but when the lockdown was done on the night of March 24 because of Corona, around 1400-1500 tribes were present in China, Bangladesh ,Yemen, Sri Lanka, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan and England at the time. . After the lockdown was implemented, all the foreigners got out of this group by gradually forming groups. After the notification of some of them being ill, the health department raided there with the police at around 3.30 am where about 500 people present.

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said that though still exact number of attender are not estimated but he estimated that 1,500-1,700 had gathered there. Mr.Jain informed that 1,033 people have been evacuated so far, adding 334 of them have been sent to hospital and 700 to quarantine centre.

The Minister further criticized the organizer terming the action as a grave crime when Disaster Act and Contagious Diseases Act were enforced in Delhi.

Relevant State govt have taken notice of the people, who attended the congregation before returning home.

Among them Assam and Tamilnadu estimated highest attendees and government of Assam said it had a list of 456 people who were present in and near Nizamuddin Dargah.

Assam Home Minister Himanta Bisawa Sarma alerted District head to issued notice and quarantine the returnee from Nizamuddin Markaz.

Where whole country is taking tough measures to protect from Corona outbreak ,Medical Practioners, Police and security force working day and night risking their lives just to project people of India , however,it seems some section of irresponsible people dont care about at all. It may be their mindset or their blind belief that they less borther to risk lives of people during this pandemic outbreak.