INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
[REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE] File photo of members of Tablighi Jamaat at a quarantine centre in Delhi (Photo Credits: PTI)The Union Home Ministry
on Monday said the Tablighi Jamaat gathering in Delhi's Nizamuddin locality in March led to the spread of the novel coronavirus infection to
"many persons".Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy also said in the Rajya Sabha that Delhi Police arrested 233 Tablighi Jamaat
members and 2,361 people have been evacuated from the organisation's headquarters since March 29."However, regarding Jamaat Chief Maulana
various authorities in pursuance of the outbreak of Covid-19, a huge gathering assembled inside a closed premises over a protracted period
of time and without any semblance of social distancing or provision of masks and sanitisers."This also caused the spread of Coronavirus
infection amongst many persons," the minister said.(With inputs from PTI)
