New Delhi: The Crime Branch of Delhi Police on Tuesday filed 20 charge-sheets against 82 foreign nationals in a Saket district court.
The case regards with congregation at Markaz Tablighi Jamaat in Nizamuddin are of the national capital that had emerged as an epicentre for the spread of coronavirus in the country.
Of the total 82 foreigners, 14 are from Fiji,10 from Saudi Arabia, eight from Algeria, four from Afghanistan, two each Australia, Kazakhstan,Morocco and the UK, seven each from Brazil and China, six each from Sudan and Philippines, five from the USA,and one each from Ukraine, Egypt, Russia, Belgium, Jordan, France and Tunisia.
The charge-sheets have been filed under Section 14 (b) Foreigners Act, 1946, Section 3 of The Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897, Section 51 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005 and Sections 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant), 270 (Malignant act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life), 271 (disobedience to quarantine rule) of the Indian Penal Code.
