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Thread compiling the media reports where foreigners and local Islamic preachers were hidden in mosques present in various parts of India.
1) 21 Foreign Nationals - 13 Bangladeshis and 8 Malaysians, found at Mumbra Masjid, Thane district. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thane/21-foreign-national-attendees-of-nizamuddin-congregation-traced-in-mumbra/articleshow/74943637.cms
1) 21 Foreign Nationals - 13 Bangladeshis and 8 Malaysians, found at Mumbra Masjid, Thane district. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thane/21-foreign-national-attendees-of-nizamuddin-congregation-traced-in-mumbra/articleshow/74943637.cms
The above 21 Nationals attended #TablighiJamat event in Delhi.
Here is same news before Police identifying the Malaysian nationals but this news from Mumbai Mirror even states that the mosque they were hiding belongs to #TablighiJamat itself. (Cont..) https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/coronavirus/news/15-including-13-bangladeshis-found-at-tablighi-jamaat-mosque-in-mumbra/articleshow/74927159.cms
Here is same news before Police identifying the Malaysian nationals but this news from Mumbai Mirror even states that the mosque they were hiding belongs to #TablighiJamat itself. (Cont..) https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/coronavirus/news/15-including-13-bangladeshis-found-at-tablighi-jamaat-mosque-in-mumbra/articleshow/74927159.cms
The Mumbai Mirror news in previous tweet also states "15 persons were found crammed into a room in the mosque, ostensibly to avoid police or public glare following the nationwide alert."
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2) Agra administration picks up over a dozen Jamaat members from a mosque. The news report states "These preachers had arrived here from Bengaluru and were hiding in the mosque. " https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/agra-dozen-jamaat-members-mosque-coronavirus-nizamuddin-tabligh-1661940-2020-04-01
Agra India Today news in previous tweet also states, "There were unconfirmed reports of several other preachers being taken into custody from several other prominent mosques of Agra and its border villages.". (Cont..)
3) Prayagraj: FIR against nine Jamaat attendees hiding in city mosque, eight others. Seven of these people hiding are Indonesians. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/fir-against-nine-jamaat-attendees-hiding-in-city-mosque-eight-others/articleshow/74937956.cms
4) 22 including 17 foreign nationals arrested in Ranchi Badi Masjid! https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/coronavirus-in-india-22-including-17-foreign-nationals-arrested-in-jharkhand-1661475-2020-03-30
5) 8 Indonesian participants of Nizamuddin found in Bijore mosque. Police said they have also lodged a criminal case against five persons of the mosque under sections 188, 268 & 270 of the Indian Penal Code & various Other sections of the Epidemic Act. https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/coronavirus-indonesian-participants-nizamuddin-markaz-found-bijore-mosque-1661930-2020-03-31
6) Shahar qazi in UP’s Mawana hid 10 foreign preachers in a mosque and now he is booked! https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/coronavirus-update-shahar-qazi-in-up-s-mawana-hid-10-foreign-preachers-amid-covid-19-fears-booked/story-qi3dqtVsZ7o3S1hKD6sekK.html
7) Ahmednagar district: Maharashtra Police books Mosque trustees for hiding foreign nationals who attended Tablighi Jamaat event https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/maharashtra-police-books-mosque-trustees-for-hiding-foreign-nationals-who-attended-tablighi-jamaat-event-1661956-2020-04-01
13 Islamic Preachers belonging to Maharashtra were hiding in a Mosque in Sholingur, Ranipet district of Tamil Nadu.
Tamil media report says that Mosque door was locked but these people were secretly hiding inside. (Cont..)
Tamil media report says that Mosque door was locked but these people were secretly hiding inside. (Cont..)
This thread will be continuously updated. If similar media reports of Islamic preachers hiding in mosques come out in upcoming days, it will be updated.
