50 people linked with Tablighi event quarantined in Jharkhand

Ranchi: Nearly 50 people found in mosques or other places in groups in Jharkhand have been sent to quarantine on Wednesday, police said.

According to police, 10 Indonesians found at the Asanbani mosque in Gobindpur police station area of Dhanbad district have been quarantined.

They all had come for the Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Delhi and later reached here. Fourteen community members in a mosque at Chandrapur of Bokaro district and 15 people at Jalwabud mosque of Koderma were also quarantined.

They belong to West Bengal and participated in the Tablighi Jamaat event. They were living in Koderma in a mosque for last two weeks. Ten Muslims, mostly belonging to foreign countries, were found in a mosque situated at Pithoria and also quarantined.

On Monday, 24 people, including 19 belonging to foreign countries, found in a Ranchi mosque were quarantined. One woman belonging to Malaysia was found coronavirus positive.

On Wednesday, more than 25 people who were reportedly in touch with the Malaysian woman found positive.

Godda district police have caught 9 men hailing from Gujarat who were hiding in a religious spot in Bhanjpur under the Mahgama Police Station area of this district. Police said that following a tip-off received by Godda SP Shailendra Prasad Barnwal a special team was constituted which nabbed these men who hail from Anand district of Gujarat.

Police said that these men had come to the area in the name of Jammat and were staying in hiding since March 10. Later their blood samples were taken and sent for tests. These men have been kept in a quarantine center.

Further, a person who had participated in Tablighi Jammat in Delhi was brought from Dighi village by Mahgama police and has been kept in isolation at the Sadar Hospital under the supervision of the doctors. His blood samples have been sent to RIMS for examination.

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