8 Malays who were at Delhi mosque event caught

April 05, 2020 12:56

Eight Malaysian citizens who were about to board a special flight to Malaysia were caught at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport today.

Sources said they were part of the Tablighi Jamaat Centre at Nizamuddin, which has been marked as a hotspot for the spread of coronavirus.

The men were hiding at different places in Delhi, sources said. They will be handed over to Delhi Police and the Health department for further investigation.

A third of the COVID-19 cases in the country -- more than 1,000 -- are linked to last month's religious gathering hosted by Tablighi Jamaat despite the government's message of social distancing.

Most of around 9,000 people who attended it then dispersed to various parts of the country, leading to a surge of coronavirus cases across the country.

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