Telangana: Two men booked for not disclosing Nizamuddin Markaz visit

HYDERABAD: Two Tablighi Jamaat attendees from Ramagundam were booked for hiding their visit to Nizamuddin Markaz in March. Also, one of them recently tested positive for Covid-19 and authorities have placed 32 people, who were primary contacts of the two men, under quarantine.
On Thursday, police registered two separate cases against the local men for not hiding their travel histroy to Nizamuddin Markaz.Ramagundam police have registered a case against a private employee, who returned from Delhi on March 18 by train.
“He is a resident of Ramagundam. After returning from Markaz, he moved in and around the town and nearby places. Even after the government appealed asking people who went to Markaz to approach voluntarily for health examination, he did not turn up before the health officials,” Ramagundam inspector Karunakar Rao said.
Police have also booked another man, a resident of a colony in NTPC, for not informing the authorities about his visit to Nizamuddin Markaz. “The second person also returned from Nizamuddin Markaz on March 18 by train. After we traced him, his samples were sent to lab and he tested positive for Covid-19. We have identified 32 persons who were in contact with the two men. All of them have been placed under quarantine. Their samples have also been sent to lab,” inspector Rao added.
Police booked the two men under Sections 420, 269, 270, 188 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Section 3 of the Epidemic Diseases Act-1897, Section 51 (b) of the Disaster Management Act-2005.
On Wednesday, Ramagundam police had booked 10 Indonesians, who tested positive for the virus after they had arrived in Telangana from Nizamuddin Markaz in the second week of March and have since recovered. The Indonesians were booked for violation of visa rules.
Police have also booked the organiser of a place of worship in Ramagundam for not informing them about the visit of the foreigners.