The district police have booked 64 foreign nationals returned from Hazrat Nizamuddin Tablighi Jamaat. Hiding in different parts of the State capital, they have been charged with visa violations.
Bhopal IG Upendra Jain said that the foreign nationals linked to Tablighi Jamaat are nationals of Indonesia, Myanmar and Ivory Coast.
In the state capital Talaiya, Shyamla Hills, Aishbagh, Piplani and Mangalwara police have booked these foreign nationals who were residing at Mosques under these police stations areas.
Earlier CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan raised concern of spreading Coronavirus by people in the state who belong to Talblighi Jamaat and have attended Delhi Markaz in Nizammudin and failed to report their visit increasing chances of spreading infection.The nationals were booked under Foreigners Act 1946 and Passport Act. The state police forces to take action against those foreigners who had come to India on tourist visa and participated the Tablighi Jamaat congregation.
Apart from these 64 foreign nationals, 10 Indian linked to Tablighi Jamaat were also booked along with 13 people who have helped them in staying and providing other facilities.
The first case was registered on Thursday after foreign nationals linked to Tablighi Jamaat were found in Ismalpura Mosque under Talaiya police station area.
Later in the investigation Mangalwara, Shyamla Hills, Aishbagh and Piplani police registered cases against these foreign nationals linked to Tablighi Jamaat.
The booked persons were also charged with violation of prohibitory orders (section 144 of the CrPC) under section 188 of the IPC.