The police have booked five women in Manglaur area of Haridwar after it was revealed that they had concealed their travel history after attending the Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Delhi. This was revealed on Thursday during the police efforts to trace Jamaatis after which the women were booked on Friday.
It will be recalled the State’s director general of police Anil K Raturi had appealed all Jamaatis to present themselves before the authorities by April 6 for proper medical check up and necessary facilitation to contain the spread of COVID-19. Despite this, a number of persons hesitated to come forward and the police have booked such persons since the end of the deadline given by the DGP. The latest in this series are five women who had travelled back from the Jamaat congregation in Delhi to Uttar Pradesh before returning to Uttarakhand.
All the five women are reported to be from Manglaur area of Haridwar district. The superintendent of police (Rural) Swapan Kishore Singh informed that the women had been booked under sections 188, 270, 336 of IPC and 51b of Disaster Management Act. The women have not yet been booked for attempt to murder. Singh further informed this correspondent that the five women Jamaatis had returned to Manglaur on March 20. After their return the women did not meet any official and continued to conceal their travel history. These women did not only put their lives in danger, but also posed a health risk to those around them. After being booked by the police, the women were administered a health check and sent to quarantine.