Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday, 3 April, invoked the National Security Act (NSA) against six persons from the Tablighi Jamaat for allegedly misbehaving with staff at MMG District Hospital, reported ANI. The members are being quarantined at the hospital after having tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
In a statement, Adityanath said that the accused did not obey the law and called them “enemies of humanity”.
Uttar Pradesh's tally of coronavirus cases soared to 172 on 3 April. Forty-six new cases, including 40 who attended the Tablighi Jamaat meeting in Delhi, surfaced till Friday noon.
“They (the accused) will not obey the law. Neither they will accept the system as they are the enemies of humanity. What they have done to women health workers is a heinous crime. They are being slapped with the NSA. We will not spare them,” said Aditynath in a statement.
“An incident like Indore wherein the doctors were attacked should not be seen anywhere in the state. For this, we will take whatever action is required by law,” he added, according to ANI.
The patients have now been shifted to Raj Kumar Goel Institute of Technology where they remain under quarantine.
(With inputs from ANI)
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