Coronavirus pandemic: Two Tablighi Jamaat members booked for defecating in open at Delhi quarantine centre

NEW DELHI: Two members of religion Islamic outfit Tablighi Jamaat, which is under scanner for spreading coronavirus infections across the country, have been booked for allegedly defecating at a quarantine centre in Delhi.

News agency ANI claimed that an FIR has been registered against two persons associated with the Tablighi Jamaat for allegedly defecating openly on the second floor of the Narela quarantine centre, where COVID-19 patients are being treated.

FIR registered against 2 people, who had attended Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi & are currently at the quarantine center in Narela. The FIR reads 'today during the routine sanitation staff cleaning has reported that some passengers passed latrine in front of a room on 31 March.' pic.twitter.com/HnpIuchNfN — ANI (@ANI) April 7, 2020

ANI, quoting Delhi Police sources, said that the cleaning staff of the centre had filed a complaint against Mohammad Fahd (25) and Adnam Zahir (18) in this regard.

The two me are residents of Barabanki in Uttar Pradesh.

According to the FIR, “the routine sanitation staff reported that some passengers passed latrine in front of a room on March 31. During routine sanitation, staff for cleaning has reported that some passengers passed latrine in front of room number 212 on the second floor. One of the employees has reported this and House Keeping Supervisor has forwarded the same. The persons residing on the said floor namely Mohammad Fahd (25) and Adnam Zahir (18) are the suspects of the above-said act and not following the instruction of health department/government and helping the spread of novel coronavirus and put the life of people at risk and jeopardise the entire containment measure." 

“Therefore, you are hereby requested to lodge an FIR against the under the relevant provision of IPC, the Disaster Management Act 2005 and the Epidemic Diseases Act 1897," the complaint forwarded to the SHO Narela said.

Acting on the complaint, the police registered the FIR and investigation is underway. 

In Delhi, 523 people have tested positive for coronavirus, including 19 cured and discharged and seven deaths, as per the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.