Muslim inmates of institutional quarantine centres in Palamu if they so desire and have no health problem can keep Roza that begins from Saturday, April 25.
DC Palamu Shantanu Kumar Agrahari said, “I understand Muslim inmates undergoing institutional quarantine may like to keep roza and here administration has no problem at all. They are free to keep it. We will provide them all help.”
Agrahari said, “Everyone will agree that proper health and good physique in institutional quarantine is need of the day. No one can afford to give it a miss. If one is all in good health then one is free to practice this tool of faith.” He said, “We will find out as to how many of this faith are undergoing institutional quarantine and how many desire to have it and accordingly we will direct centres’ incharge to arrange their Sehri and Iftaar without any problem. Sehri and Iftaar will be surely arranged and no one should have any worry on this account.”
SP Palamu Ajay Linda said faithful are free to have this observance of faith but with strict adherence to social distancing and other protocol of lock down like remaining confined to the centre and keeping and doing hand wash as far as possible. Linda said administration goads everyone to follow guidelines of MHA for quarantine and there should not be any laxity on the part of its doers.
SDPO Sadar Sandip Kumar Gupta said, “ Under order of SP Linda we have found that a total of 29 Muslim inmates of 8 governmental quarantine centres in his police sub division have expressed their desire to keep roza for the days they will be at the centre before being asked by authorities to undergo home quarantine as well.”
Gupta said the 8 governmental quarantine centres are one each at Nawajaipur, Town thana, Satbarwa, Chainpur, Paton, Parwa, Sadar, Ramgarh where etc. Gupta said as on today April 24 there is no Muslim inmate at centres at Nawajaipur, Ramgarh, Chainpur & at Paton.
Gupta said our SP Linda has asked all officers in charge to ensure that no inmate of any governmental quarantine centre be he of any faith face any problem. He said drone was flown at Satbarwa today to keep an eye on anyone even loitering in mohalla’s alley too to send him/ her indoors.
Gupta said he met a cross section of people drawn from both the communities at Satbarwa who said they are following lock down properly.