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Cracking the whip on Tablighi Jamaat members who attended the Nizamuddin markaz congregation in Delhi in mid March and did not inform authorities about it for their medical check-ups, the Bahraich police sent 21 persons, including 17 foreign nationals, to jail, after they completed their compulsory quarantine/ observation period on Saturday.
The foreign Jamaat members were accused of violating visa rules.
As per reports, the Bahraich police produced 17 foreigners, including seven from Thailand and 10 from Indonesia, and four Indians before a local magistrate which sent them to judicial custody.
Bahraich Superintendent of Police Bipin Mishra said that the accused attended the Nizamuddin markaz congregation in New Delhi in mid-March and reached Bahraich and nine of them, including seven from Thailand, took shelter in Taj mosque while a dozen were found in Quereshi mosque. They all were detained and quarantined as per directions since then. However, all these 21 Jamaatis tested negative for coronavirus infection.
On completion of their quarantine period, they were produced before a magistrate after which they were sent to jail.
Earlier, the police registered cases against them under section 269, 270, 271, 188 of the Criminal Procedure Code, Section 3 of the Epidemic Diseases Act, Section 12(3) of Passport Act, section 14(b) and 14(c) of Foreigners Act and Section 56 of he Disaster Management Act.
Meanwhile, in Rae Bareli, residents of Lalganj area panicked when a few notes of Rs 100 and Rs 500 denominations were found lying on Kanpur link road in Saket Nagar area on Sunday morning.
The police were informed and the matter was being investigated.
Earlier, rumours of anti-nationals spitting on currency notes and throwing them on the roads to infect innocent civilians had been doing the rounds and such cases were reported from different parts of Uttar Pradesh.
The police have so far denied any such conspiracy and sealed the recovered notes.