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MUMBAI: Bandra police recently arrested 10 of the 12 Indonesians who had attended the Tablighi Jamaat religious congregation in Delhi and traveled to Mumbai on March 23. After they were located in a building in Bandra (West), the six couples were subjected to institutions. quarantine in a hotel. Two men tested positive for Covid-19 and were quarantined until May 8. The other 10, including six women, were detained after receiving their negative reports on April 23.
The 12 reportedly had not followed the closing orders and visited some mosques, including one in Dharavi, leading to charges in the IPC sections for wrongful death that does not amount to murder and attempted murder, police said.
Indonesians stayed in 3 places in the city before Bandra
They were found to be wandering around the city and attending prayer sessions in mosques. This is the main reason they have been registered under Sections 304 of the Indian Penal Code for wrongful death that does not amount to murder, 307 for attempted murder, 188 for disobedience to an order duly issued by a public servant and 269 for a negligent act, in addition to the Epidemic Diseases Act, a Bandra police officer told TOI.
The case was registered in the first week of April against the six couples after police received a notice that they had moved into an apartment in Bandra. Police are gathering information about the person who had given them the place to stay. “We learned that the couples attended the congregation and came to Mumbai in different lots on different dates and stayed in three different places in the city before moving to Bandra,” said a police officer.
Couples are in India on tourist visas. Mumbai police spokesman DCP Pranaya Ashok said they were all quarantined and 10 were arrested after they tested negative. “The 10 will be produced in the Bandra court after they complete their five-day custody on Tuesday.”
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The 12 reportedly had not followed the closing orders and visited some mosques, including one in Dharavi, leading to charges in the IPC sections for wrongful death that does not amount to murder and attempted murder, police said.
Indonesians stayed in 3 places in the city before Bandra
They were found to be wandering around the city and attending prayer sessions in mosques. This is the main reason they have been registered under Sections 304 of the Indian Penal Code for wrongful death that does not amount to murder, 307 for attempted murder, 188 for disobedience to an order duly issued by a public servant and 269 for a negligent act, in addition to the Epidemic Diseases Act, a Bandra police officer told TOI.
The case was registered in the first week of April against the six couples after police received a notice that they had moved into an apartment in Bandra. Police are gathering information about the person who had given them the place to stay. “We learned that the couples attended the congregation and came to Mumbai in different lots on different dates and stayed in three different places in the city before moving to Bandra,” said a police officer.
Couples are in India on tourist visas. Mumbai police spokesman DCP Pranaya Ashok said they were all quarantined and 10 were arrested after they tested negative. “The 10 will be produced in the Bandra court after they complete their five-day custody on Tuesday.”
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