BHUBANESWAR: Even as the state administration is scrambling to locate those who had attended the Tablighi Jamaat congregation, Twin City Police has located 72 preachers who had come from various parts of the country to the state as part of the annual religious activity.
A large chunk of them are now located in Cuttack district. They had not apparently attended the congregation at Markaz Nizamuddin but travelled to different parts of the State where they had attended meetings in the last three months.
Seven of them are from Mumbai, 14 from Agra, 11 from Lucknow, 10 each from Meerut and Kalyan, nine from Hyderabad and another 11 from Kashmir. Some came in January while others in February and March. “They were all stuck because of the lockdown. We have located them and found their details,” said a senior police officer.
Police sources said, the main organiser for Tablighi Jamaat congregation from Odisha is a man from Bhubaneswar’s Kesura. He is now in Delhi. Police has been in contact with him for the details.
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