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4 Americans, 9 Britishers among 960 foreign Tablighi Jamaat members blacklisted

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New Delhi, Apr 04: Four Americans, nine British and six Chinese nationals were among the 960 foreign Tablighi Jamaat activists who were blacklisted and their tourist visas cancelled by the Union Home Ministry, officials said on Friday.

The foreign Jamaat members, who are currently in different parts of the country, some of whom have tested positive for COVID-19, also include 379 Indonesians, 110 Bangladeshi, 63 Myanmarese and 33 Sri Lankan citizens.

4 Americans, 9 Britishers among 960 foreign Tablighi Jamaat members blacklisted

As many as 77 Kyrgyzstan, 75 Malaysian, 65 Thai, 12 Vietnamese, 9 Saudi and three French nationals were also among those Tablighi Jamaat activists who were blacklisted and their visas cancelled, a government official said.

647 positive COVID-19 cases in 14 states linked to Tablighi Jamaat647 positive COVID-19 cases in 14 states linked to Tablighi Jamaat

Action against the foreign Tablighi Jamaat members were taken after over 2,300 activists, including 250 foreigners of the Islamic organisation were found to be living at its headquarters located at Delhi's Nizamuddin despite the 21-day lockdown imposed to check the spread of coronavirus.

More than 300 of these Tablighi Jamaat activists have tested positive for COVID-19 while others have been put in different quarantine centres.

At least 9,000 people had participated at a congregation at the Nizamuddin Markaz last month after which many have travelled to various parts of the country for missionary works.

On Friday, TN reported 102 COVID-19 cases and 100 are linked to Tablighi JamaatOn Friday, TN reported 102 COVID-19 cases and 100 are linked to Tablighi Jamaat

So far, around 400 COVID-19 positive cases and about 12 deaths in the country were found to have links with the Nizamuddin Markaz.

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