2 relatives of Tablighi Jamaat chief test positive for COVID-19 in UP's Saharanpur

Two relatives of Tablighi Jamaat chief Maulana Saad Kandhalvi tested positive for coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur district, an official said on Wednesday. After two relatives of Kandhalvi tested positive for COVID-19, district administration sealed Mufti locality in Mandi area here, Saharanpur DM Akhilesh Singh told PTI.

He said eight or people from area were placed under quarantine. two persons who tested positive are Kandhalvi’s in-laws and y had stayed at Tablighi Jamaat's Markaz in Delhi's Nizamuddin before COVID-19 lockdown was imposed, district magistrate said.

y had recently returned from South Africa and quarantined along with two or persons, Singh said. authorities are w trying to find those people who came in contact with two relatives of Tablighi Jamaat’s leader.