AIUDF supremo Maulana Badruddin Ajmal from Assam says Nizamuddin incident unfortunate

GUWAHATI: AIUDF supremo Maulana Badruddin Ajmal has said that the Nizamuddin incident was unfortunate given that the world and the entire country is suffering from COVID-19 pandemic.

He urged people who participated in the Jamaat to go for tests in hospitals and said that they should not hide their travel history.

Nizamuddin has now emerged as a hotspot for COVID-19 in India. Despite warnings from the government which had banned mass gatherings, authorities at Nizamuddin had gone ahead with the margaz where more than 2000 people from the country as well as all around the world had participated.

Nizamuddin has also emerged as a current hotspot for coronavirus in the country as a lot of people who went back after attended the religious gathering had tested positive for coronavirus. Some deaths have also occurred.

It was on March 13 when 3400 people had arrived there for Tablighi Jamaat. This was when the Delhi CM had warned against mass gatherings of more than 200 people.

A few days later, the CM of Delhi out an upper limit of 50 for mass gathering but people at the gathering did not pay heed.

A few days later 10 people who were Indonesians tested positive for coronavirus at Telangana.

Then on March 22 Janata curfew was announced.

Next day 1500 left Nizamuddin.

And then the nation was out under 3 weeks lockdown which is why, Nizamuddin authorities say that people could not leave or vacate.

Questions have also been raised on the role of Delhi Police and what they were doing when such a gathering was underway at the heart of the city.

A lot of people who have attended the gathering in Delhi have left for other states which increases the chances of spread of the disease throughout the country.

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