Thousands of Tablighi Jamaat members had gathered in Nizamuddin despite government orders. Foreign nationals have been hiding in Mosques all over India
As hundreds of the attendees have now tested positive for the Chinese virus, the Southern Railway has now warned that ticket examiners and RPF personnel may also have been contracted with the virus and hence asked its staff to undergo a medical test.
On 8th April, a group identifying itself as 'Indian Scientists' Response to COVID-19' (ISRC) issued a public statement giving a clean chit to the Tablighi Jamaat attendees in their role of being super spreaders for Chinese coronavirus in India.
The local Delhi Congress leader, who was a former councillor, had deliberately kept his visit to congregation organised at Markaz Nizamuddin by Tablighi Jamaat hidden from the Delhi Police