Rs 10,000 reward for information on Jamaatis, announces Kanpur Police

New Delhi: In order to trace the whereabouts of hiding Tablighi Jammatis, the Kanpur Police on Monday announced a reward of Rs 10,000 for any information on them. It may be noted that Tablighi Jamaat acted as a catalyst in pushing the number of Coronavirus in the country. According to reports, about 30% of Covid-19 cases in India are attributed to Jamaatis.

Kanpur police IG, Mohit Agarawal, has asked the people to inform about the Tablighi Jamaatis in order to contain the deadly Coronavirus.

“Those people who will inform about the hidden Jamaatis will get a reward of Rs. 10,000. The number of cases in Kanpur are rising this means that the Jamaatis are hidden and they are not coming out,” reported India TV quoting Mohit Agarawal.

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Thousands of Indians and hundreds of foreigners had attended the Tablighi Jamaat conference on March 9 and 10. Many also fanned out across the country, thereby escalating the Covid-19 cases in various states.

Till now, about 25,000 Tablighi Jamaat members and their contacts have been quarantined in the country after the Centre and states launched a massive operation to trace them in the last week of March.

The number of Corona cases has already crossed 17,000 cases and casualty crossing 500 mark. More than 2000 people have recovered, as per official figures.