COVID-19: CM Kejriwal orders FIR over 'massive congregation' in Delhi's Nizamuddin

On Monday, Delhi CM ordered filing of FIR in connection with Tabligh-e-Jamaat congregation in Nizamuddin.

This comes a day after six people who attended a religious gathering near Nizamuddin Dargah tested positive for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), authorities are on the lookout for others who took part in the event amid increased police presence in the area.

Over the past two days, the Delhi Police and the health department have taken at least 220 people from the Nizamuddin area to two separate quarantine facilities at Tughlaqabad and Lok Nayak Hospital.

People from Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Jammu and Kashmir, Telangana and Tamil Nadu attended the gathering in the area with high population density in violation of government orders. More than 900 people attended the event. As the numbers show, Kerela has reported highest number of cases among the States in India, also the cases in other States like Andaman and Nicobar, J&K are being linked to the Delhi's Nizamuddin area.

Delhi government had banned religious, social, cultural and political gatherings of over 50 people till March 31 in view of the coronavirus outbreak.