Mumbai, August 22
The Aurangabad Bench of the Bombay High Court has said the foreign nationals, who had attended the Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi in March, were made "scapegoats" and allegations were levelled that they were responsible for spreading Covid-19 in the country.
A Division Bench of Justices TV Nalawade and MG Sewlikar made the observations yesterday while quashing the FIRs filed against 29 foreigners, who had attended the event. The Bench also noted that while the Maharashtra Police acted mechanically in the case, the state government acted under "political compulsion".
The 29 foreign nationals were booked under various provisions of the IPC, Epidemic Diseases Act, Disaster Management Act and the Foreigners Act for allegedly violating their tourist visa conditions by attending the Tablighi congregation. — PTI
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