992 people might have attended Nizamuddin meet, say Rajasthan cops

TNN | Updated: Apr 8, 2020, 05:28 IST

According to officials, 290 are from Rajasthan who might have visited Delhi at the time of the congregation (File photo)

According to officials, 290 are from Rajasthan who might have visited Delhi at the time of the congregation (F...Read More

JAIPUR: Rajasthan police have identified 992 people who are currently in the state and might have attended the Tablighi Jamaat’s Markaz in Delhi’s Nizamuddin. According to police, they include people from other states as well as 10 Nepalis.
The state intelligence department claimed that it had almost completed the exercise of identifying people who might have attended the meet and the number was not expected to rise.
According to officials, 290 are from Rajasthan who might have visited Delhi at the time of the congregation. The rest 599 are from other states in addition to the 10 Nepalis who have been listed as foreigners. Of the entire lot, 899 most probably went as ‘Jamaat’ (group) while 93 others are suspected to have gone in individual capacity.
However, police is unable to confirm yet as to how many actually went for the congregation which was spread between March second week and third week.
ADG (Intelligence) Umesh Mishra told TOI, “We have identified over 992 people who might have visited Tablighi Jamaat’s Markaz but it cannot be said with certainty that they all visited during the time of the congregation. It is difficult to say as to how many were actually physically present in Delhi for the Tablighi Jamaat.”
The official added that they have taken into account all people who had some kind of association with the Tablighi Jamaat indicating the possibility of them participating in the large gatherings in Delhi last month. Few of the persons identified in Bharatpur last week were those who had attended a similar event in Mumbai.
After receiving information about the Jamaat gathering, cops had been working relentlessly to identify people who in all likelihood attended the meet and the exercise for collecting information was ongoing since March 31.
The officials added that depending on the results, it will be decided if they have to be quarantined or kept in self isolation.
Curfew in Alwar village
Curfew was imposed in Khohra village in Alwar after a person out of the 15 who attended Tablighi Jamaat’s Markaz in Delhi tested positive. Following this, a medical team started door-to-door screening of the villagers but additional police forces had to be called in as the locals refused to cooperate in getting themselves screened. District administration and police had to make announcements from the local mosque appealing to the public to cooperate with the team. Till now 20 people from the village have been kept in isolation after being suspected of being infected.