This story is from July 3, 2020

17 Tablighi foreigners from Delhi markaz released from Bahraich jail

17 Tablighi foreigners from Delhi markaz released from Bahraich jail
The group of 17 comprises 10 Indonesians and 7 Thai nationals
Lucknow: Almost three months after being jailed in Bahraich, the 17 foreign nationals who attended the Jamaat at Nizamuddin Markaz in New Delhi were released on Thursday.
The group of 17 comprises 10 Indonesians and seven Thai nationals.
All 17 foreigners were on April 1 booked on charges of violating the Foreigners Act, indulging in religious activity on tourist visas, Section 3 of Epidemic Diseases Act 1897 and Section 56 of Disaster Management Act 2005.
They were arrested from two mosques — Quraish mosque and Taj mosque under city Kotwali police station area — and sent to prison after being quarantined.
Superintendent of police, Bahraich, Vipin Mishra told TOI that the 17 foreigners got bail on June 26 and were released from jail on July 1 evening.
“They have been released on conditional bail and their passports and VISAs have been seized,” said Mishra. They have been put up at two mosques and are not allowed to leave the district, officials said.
“All the members will have to cooperate with the police during the trial which will begin soon,” said the officer. None of the members will be allowed to change their mobile phone numbers and will have to appear at the police station as and when summoned by the investigation officer.
Meanwhile, Yogesh Kalia, advocate in district Bahraich court and counsel for the 17 Tablighis, said that “all the Jamaatis had to submit a bond for sureties of Rs 25,000 each for the bail.”
“The 17 foreign Tablighis had reached the Bahraich district when there was no ban issued by either the state or the central government,” he said, adding that the foreigners did not understand the local language.
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