Eight from Kyrgyzstan booked in Karnataka for violating visa rules, put under quarantine

All the eight foreigners reportedly visited Delhi for the Tablighi Jamaat meeting in March and later returned to Bidar.
An isolation ward for treating coronavirus cases at the District Hospital in Bidar
An isolation ward for treating coronavirus cases at the District Hospital in Bidar

BIDAR: Bidar police have booked a case under Section 14 of the Foreigners Act 1946 against eight people for violating visa rules, said Superintendent of Police Nagesh BL here on Tuesday.

The foreigners from Kyrgyzstan had come to Bidar on a tourist visa. Cases have been booked against four of them in Gandhi Gunj police station while the remaining four  cases were booked at Town Police station.

All the eight foreigners reportedly visited Delhi for the Tablighi Jamaat meeting in March and later returned to Bidar.

They have been quarantined at the Ratkalpur Markaz home in Bidar, said police.

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