65-year-old coronavirus patient, member of Tablighi Jamaat escapes from hospital in UP

New Delhi: In a shocking incident, a 65-year-old coronavirus patient also a member of the Tablighi Jamaat who  recently went to the religious gathering at Markaz Nizamuddin in Delhi, escaped from a government-run hospital in Uttar Pradesh last night.

According to media reports, the man allegedly broke a window pane of the isolation ward.

He was admitted to the community hospital in Baghpat on Friday, as part of a group of 17 people from Nepal, who had attended the Delhi Tablighi Jamaat gathering.

A hunt has started for the runaway patient in neighbouring villages.

Doctors described him as a well-behaved patient.

“He was extremely well-behaved and gave no trouble to anyone,” said the hospital’s Chief Medical Officer RK Tandon, surprised, like many others, at the escape act.

FIR in Mumbai against 150 people

A FIR has been registered against 150 people of Tablighi Jamaat, at Azad Maidan police station in Mumbai for violating quarantine orders (IPC Sec 271) & violating govt official preventive order (IPC Sec 188). FIR also registered under IPC Sec 269, besides the earlier two sections of 271 & 188

The Markaz Nizamuddin gathering in Delhi has been linked to 30 per cent of coronavirus cases across India.