Following the concerns that thousands of people who attended the Markaz event in Nizamuddin, Delhi are suspected COVID-19 cases, the Chandigarh Administration on Wednesday identified five persons from the city who had attended the event in the National Capital.
These five persons live in Mauli Jagran and have been sampled for COVID-19. Till the filing of this report, their test reports were awaited.
Apart from this, 15 more people have been identified, who are residing in premises of Noorani Masjid, Bapu Dham, Chandigarh with their president identified who belonged to Tablighi Jamaat and had reached the city on March 17 after attending Jamaat at Maharashtra.
“The UT Police carried out a drive to identify them to rule out any possibility of spreading of COVID-19 among people in the city,” said a senior UT police officer.
He said, “Five persons have been identified in the area of Mauli Jagran who recently attended Tablighi Jamaat at Nizamuddin, Delhi. They were sent for medical examination through ambulance and have been put in quarantine facility. Another resident of Mata Raj Kaur Gurudwara, Manimajra had also attended the Jamaat at Mobina Masjid Ramganj, Jaipur, Rajasthan.”
“Also, 15 persons residing in premises of Bapu Dham, Sector 26 with their president had reached the city on March 17 after attending Jamaat at Maharashtra. As per information by their president Hazi Mohamad Yunus Ansari, they arrived from Mumbai by Chandigarh Express Train which was boarded on March 16 from Borivilli, Mumbai. He also stated that 14 students of Madarsa are also staying in the same premises since last one year,” the officer said.
Chandigarh Police has advised them to stay under home quarantine and not to move around and leave the premises. Beat staff were also briefed to check their movement, he added.
The officer further said that Chandigarh Police is obtaining the data and information to ascertain the place of movement of these persons and to check the veracity of the statement given by them on Wednesday.