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Maulana Saad will join the investigation after her quarantine period ends, her lawyer said.
New Delhi:
Islamic Tablighi Jamaat sect leader Maulana Saad Kandhalvi will join the investigation after his quarantine period ends, his lawyer Tauseef Khan said on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, the Delhi police filed a case against seven people, including the cleric for holding a religious event, allegedly in violation of the closure orders and failing to maintain social distance to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
The Delhi Police Crime Branch wrote to Maulana Saad and others on Wednesday, looking for details in Section 91 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
“Saad is currently under quarantine and will join the investigation after the 14-day period ends,” his lawyer, Tauseef Khan, told PTI.
According to the complaint, the Delhi Police contacted the Markaz authorities on March 21 and reminded them of the government order prohibiting any political or religious gathering of more than 50 people.
However, no one paid attention to the direction of the police, he said.
On March 24, the government ordered a 21-day national closure and restricted any social, political, or religious gatherings.
On the same day, a meeting was held at the Hazarat Nizamuddin Police Station between SHO and Markaz-carrying officers.
It was discovered that, despite repeated efforts, they did not inform the Health Department or any other government agency about the large meeting within the Markaz and deliberately disobeyed government orders.
The subdivisional magistrate of the Defense Colony inspected the facilities several times and found that around 1,300 people, including foreign nationals, resided there without maintaining social distance.
It was also discovered that there were no hand sanitizer and mask arrangements on site.
