Hyderabad: Moulana’s sons booked for flouting norms during funeral

HYDERABAD: Taking suo-motu action against two sons of Moulana Naseeruddin for allegedly violating Covid-19 guidelines while performing the funeral and burial of their father, Saidabad police have registered cases under various sections of the IPC.
The funeral and burial was carried out by the Moulana’s sons — Muqeemuddin Yasir, Baleeguddin Jaber — and son-in-law, Sheikh Saifullah Khaled on Saturday.While it is reported that funeral and burial were in violation of orders promulgated by the government, the family claims that they had a negative report for the deceased Moulana.
The family members were booked under IPC sections 269 (Negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life) and 188 (Disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant). On June 27, Saidabad police is said to have obtained a medical report of Moulana Naseeruddin from a private laboratory at Karmanghat, which claimed that the deceased had contracted the coronavirus.
After his death, a team of Saidabad police comprising sub-inspector Deen Dayal Singh had visited their home since there was a gathering. He contacted his sons Yasir and Jaber and explained to them about the Covid-19-positive result of their father. Police suggested them the burial procedure for the deceased under the Covid-2019 norms issued by the Centre as there was a likelihood of the virus spreading in a public gathering.
Despite instructions by the police, family members of the cleric performed a large scale funeral at Ujale Shah Eidgah and burial at its abutting graveyard in Saidabad without maintaining social distance. “Though specific instructions were made to the family members not to mobilize more followers of Moulana Naseeruddin and to restrict the numbers for funeral as per government norms, they all violated hence an FIR was issued” said SI Deen Dayal Singh of Saidabad police station who is also the complainant.
Wahdat-E-Islami Moulana president Mohammed Naseeruddin died on Saturday after suffering respiratory problems and fever.