CPI(M) State secretary K. Balakrishnan on Wednesday demanded the release of 129 Muslims (Tablighi Jamaat members) including 12 from Indonesia, France, Malaysia, Thailand, who made a pilgrimage to Tamil Nadu.
In a letter to Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami, Mr. Balakrishnan said they were first lodged in Puzhal prison and subsequently shifted to Saidapet.
“The court has already granted them bail on the condition that they should inform their place of stay to the Chennai Corporation Commissioner. But they have been detained in jail against regulations of the detention camps,” Mr Balakrishnan said.
According to him, in other States they were either lodged in Haj Houses, private places, mosques or high commissionerate offices. “It seems that Tamil Nadu’s approach towards them is shaped by vendetta,” Mr Balakrishnan charged
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