Charge sheet against 12 Tablighi members from Nepal for violating lockdown norms in Muzaffarnagar

A charge sheet has been filed against 12 Tablighi Jamaat members from Nepal for assembling here in violation of lockdown orders imposed to combat coronavirus threat, police said on Sunday.

According to prosecution, members of Tablighi Jamaat have been charged under IPC and Epidemic Diseases Act.

charge sheet was filed in a court here on Saturday.

A case was registered against m in early April, y said.

Jamaat members have alrey been released on bail.

Meanwhile, police have also filed separate charge sheets against 22 or Tablighi Jamaat members hailing from Delhi, Manipur, Haryana and Uttar Presh.

A congregation of Tablighi Jamaat in Delhi in March was blamed for spreing vel coronavirus after many of its attendees carried infection to different parts of country. 

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