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The Ministry of Home Affairs on Thursday blacklisted 2550 foreign Tablighi Jamaat members over violation of visa norms.
The statement quoting MHA officials said, “these 2,550 foreign nationals will not be allowed to enter into India for the next 10 years.” These foreign nationals had originally visited Delhi’s Nizamuddin Markaz for the annual congregation in March; news media subsequently accusing them of infecting hundreds making the Markaz another hotspot in the national capital.
The report further accused that the foreign members of the Jamaat were travelling across India despite being tested positive for Coronavirus and were also “found illegally living in mosques and religious places.”
However, according to a ground investigation done by TwoCircles.net revealed that initially the members who were quarantined were arrested in districts all over India under violation of Foreigners Act 1946 and were produced before local courts which sent them to judicial custody for 14 days after April 20.
Currently, 300 of them are jailed only in UP’s jails across Prayagraj, Kushinagar, Meerut, Saharanpur, Hapur, Shamli, Bulandshahar and Baghpat.