Islamic Sect Chief Maulana Saad had been quarantined since March 28. His lawyer said he will join probe after the quarantine period ends.
New Delhi| Maulana Saad Kandhalvi, chief of Islamic sect Tablighi Jamaat and 6 others ended on Monday, following which they will join a Delhi Police inquiry into accusations that he incited people to gather and stay at Markaz Nizamuddin, defying all coronavirus-related warnings of social distancing and flouting a ban on large gatherings.
Islamic Sect Chief Maulana Saad had been quarantined since March 28. His lawyer said he will join probe after the quarantine period ends.
It is alleged that Maulana Saad ignored two police notices to vacate the building in south Delhi’s Nizamuddin.
On March 23, in a sermon, he had called social distancing warnings a plot to keep Muslims away from each other. “Where will you run from death? Death is in front of you…This is an occasion to seek penance from God. Not an occasion where one comes under the influence of doctors and stops Namaaz, meeting each other,” he said in the speech
Maulana Saad added, “Yes, there is a virus. But 70,000 angels are with me and if they can’t save me, who will? This is the time for more such gatherings, not the time to avoid each other.”
The sermon is being examined by the police.
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However, he is heard claiming in an audio clip that he is self-isolating in Delhi under a doctor’s advice.
More than a thousand COVID-19 cases are considered to be associated with the gathering at Markaz Nizamuddin.
Over 25,500 local workers of the Islamic sect and people who came in contact with them have been quarantined.
he total number of COVID-19 cases in India spiked to 10,363, with 339 deaths, according to the Union Health Ministry.
31 people have died and 1,211 cases have been reported in the last 24 hours alone.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today while addressing the nation announced that lockdown will continue until 3rd May.
Prime Minister says that whatever relaxations granted during the shutdown to some areas will be upon conditions. The relaxations will be taken back if there is even one new case in the area.
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