8 FIRs lodged against Tableeghi Jamaat members in Kanpur

KANPUR: Police have lodged eight FIRs against Tableeghi Jamaat members who had visited the city in the last 24 hours. So far, nine cases have been registered against them on the charges of flouting lockdown rules and spreading epidemic disease.
The first case was registered against 13 jamaatis at Anwarganj police station on Tuesday. Among them, 13 belonged to Bijnor and one each to Prayagraj and Haryana respectively.Police had registered eleven cases against the jamaatis belonging to Banda, Delhi, Haryana and Bihar. They were later arrested from a mosque in Baripal town .
A report was lodged against 16 jamaatis for visiting Macharia area. Of them 15 belong to Bijnor and one to Meerut . Similarly, cases were registered against 12 jamaatis at Badshahi Naka police station who had stayed at Bucharkhana Masjid in Quli Bazar area. Of them, 11 jamaatis belong to Nauchandi in Meerut and one to Shamli.
Cases were also registered against three local jamaatis at the Gwaltoli police station who had visited Nizamuddin Markaz in Delhi while another case was registered against a jamaatee, a resident of Gammu Khan ka Ahata under Colonelganj police station.
Police lodged a case at Beconganj police station against a couple belonging to Maharashtra state who were found roaming around near Dada Miayan Chauraha. One member of the couple was found corona positive, and a woman, who had come in contact with the couple, also got infected. The couple had also visited Jajmau, Patkapur and Chamanganj areas.
A total 80 cases were registered against the jamaatis in the city. As per police record, 11 jamaatis were found infected. It is being presumed that the other people who were found positive must have come in contact with them, said a police source .