Palamu police located a Tablighi Jamaat fellow following inputs from intelligence sleuths in this regard to SP Palamu Ajay Linda after the Hindpiri episode, which broke out on Tuesday in Ranchi, where a 20 year old girl having a foreign travel history has been found coronavirus positive.
This senior Tablighi Jamaat member here in Palamu, who was examined twice at the Palamu medical college hospital here in Daltonganj was found ‘healthy’ said civil surgeon Palamu John F Kennedy. He said that nevertheless the fellow has been put in isolation from Wednesday in the Palamu medical college hospital and 10 of his family members have been home quarantined.
Sources said DC Palamu Shantanu Kumar Agrahari had directed civil surgeon to take all health measures in such cases and nothing be left to chance. Civil surgeon said the oro-pharyngeal and nasal pharyngeal swab of this fellow has been taken for test which has been sent to RIMS Ranchi. Test report is expected in a day or two and.
Kennedy said if the report comes negative this man in isolation will be able to go home but home quarantined family members will have to complete the duration of 14 days.
He said all 10 members of this fellow’s family have been hand stamped for home quarantined by him.
SP Palamu Ajay Linda said, “I have directed my SDPOs/ OCs to keep a close tab on such fellows who have Tablighi tag on them. I appeal to all such fellows to come forward and tell us about their travel history if they had had any in the recent past so that arrangements can be made for such fellows to have a health check up of them which is more to the benefit and advantage of the fellows and in the larger context to the society in general.”
Linda said, “There is no room or reason for any hesitation or reluctance to not come forward with travel details.”
Sounding tough Linda said if police get any clue or hint that such fellows have concealed their travel history then they must get ready to face the consequences of it under the ambit of law.
SDPO Sadar Sandip Kumar Gupta said, “This man had been to Nepal in February 2020 in connection with the Jamaat. The call details of his phone indicated he returned from Nepal to Daltonganj on February 19.”
Asked if this fellow has any travel history of going to Delhi based Nizamuddin Markaz either in February or in this March SDPO Gupta again quoting this fellow said “The man vouches he has not been to the Markaz in Delhi. We are verifying this from other sources too. His call details so far verified do not indicate he has not been to Delhi in February and March. Our entire effort is to help save this fellow and others too.”
Gupta said, “A private bus was hired for Nepal journey from here where we have reports of 45 people have travelled down to Nepal for the Jamaat work there only to return here on February 19.”
Police sources said there are around 150 or more members of this Tablighi Jamaat in Palamu and villages like Gurha, Padma, Bansi, Sakaldeepa, Bureebheer etc have just countable numbers of members of this Jamaat.