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{{short description|Virus super spreader event}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2020}}
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{{Infobox event
| date                     = 1–21 March 2020
| venue                    = [[Nizamuddin Markaz Mosque]]
| location                 = [[Nizamuddin West]], Delhi
| type                     = Religious congregation
| participants             = 4500–9000
| organisers               = [[Muhammad Saad Kandhlawi]]
| website                  =
}}

A [[Tablighi Jamaat]] religious congregation that took place in Delhi's [[Nizamuddin Markaz Mosque]] in early March 2020 was a [[COVID-19]] [[super-spreader]] event,<ref name="WaPoSuperSpreader2Apr">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/india-coronavirus-tablighi-jamaat-delhi/2020/04/02/abdc5af0-7386-11ea-ad9b-254ec99993bc_story.html|title=India confronts its first coronavirus 'super-spreader' – a Muslim missionary group with more than 400 members infected|last1=Slater|first1=Joanna|last2=Masih|first2=Niha|last3=Irfan|first3=Shams|date=2 April 2020|newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> with more than 4,000 confirmed cases<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/coronavirus-tablighi-jamaat-30-per-cent-of-coronavirus-cases-linked-to-delhi-mosque-event-government-2206163|title=30 Per Cent Of Coronavirus Cases Linked To Delhi Mosque Event: Government|date=4 April 2020|publisher=NDTV}}</ref> and at least 27 deaths linked to the event reported across the country. Over 9,000 missionaries may have attended the congregation, with the majority being from various states of India,<ref name="TOI 2 April">{{cite news |title=Coronavirus: About 9,000 Tablighi Jamaat members, primary contacts quarantined in country, MHA says |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |agency=Press Trust of India |date=2 April 2020 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/coronavirus-about-9000-tablighi-jamaat-members-primary-contacts-quarantined-in-country-mha-says/articleshow/74948832.cms}}</ref><ref name="HT 2 April">{{cite news |title=How Nizamuddin markaz became Covid-19 hotspot; more than 8,000 attendees identified |newspaper=Hindustan Times |date=2 April 2020 |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/how-nizamuddin-markaz-became-a-hotspot-for-covid-19-8-000-people-identified/story-zedKlaDNTPpbDLdMsgExAM.html}}</ref> and 960 attendees from 40 foreign countries.<ref>{{cite news |title=379 Indonesians among foreigners from 40 countries attended Tablighi Jamaat gathering: Sources |url=https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/379-indonesians-among-foreigners-from-40-countries-attended-tablighi-jamaat-gathering-sources20200403152720/ |access-date=3 April 2020 |work=ANI}}</ref> On 18 April, 4,291 confirmed cases of COVID-19 linked to this event by the Union Health Ministry represented a third of all the confirmed cases of India.<ref name="ABP 18 April">{{cite news |title=Tablighi Jamaat Responsible For 30% Total Coronavirus Cases in India: Health Ministry |author=ABP News Bureau |newspaper=ABP News |date=18 April 2020 |url=https://news.abplive.com/news/india/tablighi-jamaat-responsible-for-30-total-coronavirus-cases-in-india-health-ministry-1201263}}</ref><ref name="PTI 18 April">{{cite news |agency=Press Trust of India |title=Coronavirus &#124; Nearly 4,300 cases were linked to Tablighi Jamaat event, says Health Ministry |date=18 April 2020 |newspaper=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/coronavirus-nearly-4300-cases-were-linked-to-tablighi-jamaat-event-says-health-ministry/article31376202.ece }}</ref> Around 40,000 people, including Tablighi Jamaat attendees and their contacts, were quarantined across the country.<ref name="ABP 18 April"/>

The Tablighi Jamaat has received widespread criticism from the Muslim community for holding the congregation despite a ban on public gatherings being issued by the [[Government of Delhi]] on 13 March.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tablighi Jamaat draws widespread condemnation from Muslim society |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/academics-among-muslims-condemn-the-act-of-tablighi-jamaat-in-nizamuddin/article31218658.ece |access-date=3 April 2020 |work=Business Line}}</ref>

Criminal cases were registered against the congregation attendees in the courts across India. However, in a landmark judgement in August 2020, the Bombay High Court quashed three FIRs against 35 petitioners – 29 of them foreign nationals – who attended a Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Delhi's Nizamuddin in March and travelled from there to different parts of India. The court observed: "A political government tries to find the scapegoat when there is pandemic or calamity and the circumstances show that there is probability that these foreigners were chosen to make them scapegoats."<ref>[https://scroll.in/article/971195/unjust-and-unfair-what-three-high-courts-said-about-the-arrests-of-tablighi-jamaat-members 'Unjust and unfair': What three High Courts said about the arrests of Tablighi Jamaat members]</ref> Some of the Muslims with chargesheets neither attended the Delhi congregation nor were they inclined to the Tablighi ideology, as evidenced in the case of eight individuals with chargesheets, whose case was dismissed by the Saket district court on 25 August 2020.<ref>[https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/eight-tablighis-discharged-delhi-court-says-no-evidence-to-show-presence-at-markaz-6568468/ Eight Tablighis discharged, Delhi court says no evidence to show presence at Markaz], ''The Indian Express''.</ref> The [[Chief Justice of India]] [[Sharad Arvind Bobde|Sharad Bobde]] observed "evasiveness" in that the [[Government of India]]'s affidavit filed in response to petitions challenging the discriminatory and communal coverage of the Tablighi Jamaat incident by some sections of the media. He termed the statements in the document as "unnecessary, nonsensical" averments.<ref>[https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/sc-slams-centre-on-tablighi-affidavit/article32801548.ece Supreme Court slams Centre on Tablighi affidavit]</ref> On 16 December 2020, The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate of a Delhi Court, Arun Kumar Garg, acquitted the 36 foreign nationals from 14 countries of all the charges levelled against them. They were facing charges under Section 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant), Section 269 (negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life) of the [[Indian Penal Code]] (IPC), Section 3 (disobeying regulation) of the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 and Section 51 (obstruction) of Disaster Management Act, 2005.<ref>[https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/tablighi-case-court-acquits-36-foreigners/article33340829.ece Tablighi case: court acquits 36 foreigners]</ref>

Senior BJP leaders like [[Shivraj Singh Chouhan]] attributed Tablighi Jamaat congregation for a spike in cases of COVID-19 in the country, a claim which was disputed by experts from [[Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College, Indore|Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College]] in [[Indore]] saying that they have no data to link the spread of the pandemic to the congregation.<ref>[https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/-no-data-to-link-tablighi-jamaat-to-covid-19-spread-/1803064 'No data to link Tablighi Jamaat to COVID-19 spread']</ref> On the other hand, according to the first report in India tabled before Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan by the Department of Biotechnology in July 2020 on the genome of SARS-CoV-2 has found that a particular variant of the virus brought into the country mainly by travellers from Europe had become the most prominent across the country.<ref>[https://indianexpress.com/article/india/coronavirus-india-europe-variant-dominant-6534857/ Variant of coronavirus brought in by travellers from Europe most dominant in India]</ref> India's first COVID-19 patient was a Keralite student from a state-run university in Wuhan city of China, the centre of the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>[https://www.ndtv.com/kerala-news/how-india-first-coronavirus-patient-from-kerala-fought-illness-recovered-2189818 "Wasn't Easy To Remain Isolated," Recalls India's 1st Coronavirus Patient]</ref>

==Timeline==
===Nizamuddin Markaz events===
The Nizamuddin Markaz's calendar shows three events scheduled during March: ''Aalmi Mashwara'' (international executive committee meeting)<ref name=Bhat>{{cite web|url=https://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/opinion/not-a-tableegi-virus/|title=Not a Tableegi Virus|author=Raja Muzaffar Bhat|date=3 April 2020|website=Greater Kashmir}}</ref> during 8–10 March, and provincial gatherings ''Andhra Pradesh jod'' during 15–17 March and ''Tamil Nadu jod'' during 22–24 March.<ref name=facebook>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/NizamuddinIjtema/|title=Nizamuddin Ijtema|website=Facebook|access-date=19 April 2020}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=May 2020}}<ref name="delhimarkaz.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.delhimarkaz.com/|title=Reconstruction of Ummah|website=delhimarkaz.com|access-date=19 April 2020}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=May 2020}}<ref name="news-communique.com">{{cite web|url=https://news-communique.com/index.php/2020/04/05/panic-grips-tablighi-jamaat-ijtema-maulana-saad-on-the-run/|title=Panic Grips Tablighi Jamaat Ijtema: Maulana Saad On The Run|date=5 April 2020|website=News-Communique.com}}</ref>{{efn|Media reports have variously mentioned a "congregation" held on 11–13 March,<ref name=Beg>{{cite web |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/india-news-corona-outbreak-afflicted-by-communal-virus-blaming-tablighi-jamaat-could-be-misdirected/349784|title=Communal Corona? Is It Justified To Blame Tablighi Jamaat For Nizamuddin Outbreak?|first1=Mirza Arif|last1=Beg|date=31 March 2020 |website=Outlook}}</ref> 13–15 March,<ref name=Mustafa>
{{cite web|url=https://thewire.in/communalism/coronavirus-criminal-liability-of-tablighi-jamaat|title=The Coronavirus Spread and the Criminal Liability of the Tablighi Jamaat|first1=Faizan|last1=Mustafa|date=16 April 2020|website=The Wire}}</ref>
or other dates, which however do not appear on the Markaz's calendar.}} There is no indication of an ''[[ijtema]]'' held in March.<ref name="Mahurkar no">
{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/web-exclusive/story/the-new-threat-from-tablighi-jamaat-1661938-2020-04-01|title=Tablighi Jamaat's defiance spreads concern|first1=Uday|last1=Mahurkar|date=1 April 2020|website=India Today|quote=There was no formal convention as previously believed, but there was a bigger than usual gathering of preachers this month.}}
</ref> An ''ijtema'' would have been too large a gathering for the Markaz building to hold.<ref name=Bhat/>{{efn|A Delhi provincial ijtema was held during 22–24 February at Shahi Eidgah.<ref name=facebook/><ref name="delhimarkaz.com"/><ref name="news-communique.com"/>}}

The ''Aalmi'' ''Mashwara'' probably attracted 1500 persons from different states of India as well as various countries in Asia and Europe.<ref name=Bhat/> The [[Andhra Pradesh]] gathering would have also attracted similar numbers from Andhra Pradesh, [[Telangana]] and the neighbouring states.<ref name=Mustafa/> In addition to these, the Markaz receives a regular year-round traffic of visitors from India and abroad who come for preaching activity and are dispatched to various locations in India. It is common for them to stop at the Markaz for a few days at the beginning and end of their travel.<ref name=Bhat/>

The activities at the Markaz apparently went unhindered until 22 March, when a [[Janata curfew]] was observed throughout India at the instance of prime minister [[Narendra Modi]]. At the end of the Janata Curfew, a lockdown came into effect in Delhi. The group said that it was able to move out around 1,500 people on the following days with some difficulty.<ref name=Beg/><ref name=Reuters>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/04/02/world/asia/02reuters-health-coronavirus-india-islam-insight.html|title=The Religious Retreat That Sparked India's Major Coronavirus Manhunt|date=2 April 2020|work=The New York Times|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200403162139/https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/04/02/world/asia/02reuters-health-coronavirus-india-islam-insight.html|archive-date=3 April 2020|agency=Reuters}}</ref> On 24 March, when a nationwide lockdown came into effect, the Markaz received a notice from the [[station house officer|SHO]] of the Hazrat Nizamuddin Police Station (which is the next door neighbour of the Markaz) asking for the closure of the building. The following day, a [[tehsildar]] with a medical team visited the Markaz and many of the visitors were examined. On 26 March, the group was called for a meeting with the [[District Magistrate (India)|District Magistrate]]. From 27 March onward, small groups of visitors were taken for medical check-ups. On 29 March, the Markaz responded to a notice from the [[Assistant Commissioner of Police]] of Lajpat Nagar stating that it had abided by all orders and did not allow any new visitors to enter the premises during the lockdown.<ref name=Beg/><ref name="Hindu cordoned off">{{cite news|last1=Trivedi|first1=Saurabh|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/coronavirus-200-people-from-nizamuddin-develop-symptoms-area-cordoned-off/article31204617.ece|title=Coronavirus {{!}} 200 people in Nizamuddin develop symptoms; area cordoned off|date=30 March 2020|work=The Hindu}}</ref>

On 30 March, the authorities evacuated the building and sent about 2300 inmates to hospital wards and quarantines.<ref name="WaPoSuperSpreader2Apr" /> Mawlāna [[Muhammad Saad Kandhlawi]], the head of the Markaz, was not found in the building. He later responded to police enquiries stating that he was self-isolating at an unknown location.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}

===Government measures===
Delhi is a [[Union territory]] with a legislature, which in effect means that it has a [[dyarchy#India|divided government]]. Most governmental functions are under the control of the [[Government of Delhi|elected government]], while law and order is under the control of the [[Lieutenant Governor of Delhi|lieutenant governor]]. The [[Delhi Police]] reports directly to the Union Home Ministry, rather than any branch of the Delhi government. The parties in power in Delhi and the Union are rivals, adding to frictions and lack of coordination.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehinducentre.com/the-arena/current-issues/article7367199.ece|title=National Capital Territory of Delhi: Towards a Unique Diarchy (...and Away from a Monarchy)|last1=Saikumar|first1=Rajgopal|website=The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy|date=30 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="IANS blame game">{{cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/authorities-playing-blame-game-over-nizamuddin-markaz/1787031|title=Authorities playing blame game over Nizamuddin Markaz|website=Outlook|date=1 April 2020}}</ref>

For its part, the Union government ordered thermal screening of passengers arriving from [[Malaysia]], [[Indonesia]] and other Asian countries from the end of February.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/india-news-coronavirus-convid-19-india-airports-to-screen-passengers-from-4-countries-nepal-indonesia-vietnam-and-malaysia/347751|title=Coronavirus: Indian Airports To Now Screen Passengers From Four More Countries Including Nepal|website=Outlook|date=23 February 2020}}</ref> From 4 March, thermal screening was extended to passengers from all countries.<ref name="CaravanUnfounded16Apr">{{cite web|url=https://caravanmagazine.in/politics/modis-speech-unfounded-half-truths-at-best-blatant-denial-of-accountability-at-worst|title=Modi's speech: Unfounded half-truths at best, blatant denial of accountability at worst|last1=Penkar|first1=Ahan|date=16 April 2020|website=The Caravan}}</ref> None of the foreign attendees of the Tablighi events were caught by these measures.<ref name="Mustafa"/> As of 13 March the central government had maintained that there was no health emergency in the country. There were no restrictions on gatherings until this date.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Radhakrishnan|first1=Sruthi|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tablighi-jamaat-and-covid-19-the-story-so-far/article31225065.ece|title=Tablighi Jamaat and COVID-19: The story so far|date=1 April 2020|work=The Hindu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thewire.in/government/delhis-nizamuddin-hotspot-coronavirus|title=Questions Remain About How Delhi's Nizamuddin Became a Coronavirus Hotspot|date=31 March 2020|website=The Wire|quote=Going by the spread of the coronavirus, however, it appears that the Delhi government's advisory itself came too late.}}</ref> Home quarantine for international arrivals was not mandated until 17 March.<ref name="CaravanUnfounded16Apr"/>

On 13 March, the Delhi government issued an order prohibiting sports gatherings, conferences and seminars with over 200 people.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/covid-19-govt-bans-ipl-in-delhi-till-further-orders/article31058763.ece|title=COVID-19: Govt. bans IPL in Delhi till further orders|date=13 March 2020|work=The Hindu}}</ref> The order has been described as being vaguely worded. A second order was issued on 16 March, banning all gatherings over 50 people. The government also ordered the closure of gyms, clubs and spas.<ref name="IANS blame game"/><ref name="Newslaundry">{{cite web|url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/04/01/coronavirus-and-nizamuddin-tv-news-returns-to-bigotry-with-a-bang|title=Coronavirus and Nizamuddin: TV news returns to bigotry with a bang|last1=Tiwari|first1=Ayush|website=Newslaundry|date=1 April 2020}}</ref> But it was not until 24 March that the Delhi Police sought the closure of the Nizamuddin Markaz.<ref name="Hindu cordoned off"/>

On 16 March, the same day the Delhi order was issued, ten Indonesians who had attended the ''Aalmi Mashwara'' event in Nizamuddin were being isolated in Hyderabad. Eight of the ten men eventually tested positive for COVID-19. The Home Ministry stated that it informed all the state governments about this development on 21 March.<ref name="Wire questions">{{cite web|url=https://thewire.in/government/delhis-nizamuddin-hotspot-coronavirus|title=Questions Remain About How Delhi's Nizamuddin Became a Coronavirus Hotspot|website=The Wire|date=31 March 2020|quote=Going by the spread of the coronavirus, however, it appears that the Delhi government's advisory itself came too late.}}</ref> On 21 March again, [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]] officials informed the Union Health Ministry's control room that a 65-year-old patient, who had been to the Nizamuddin Markaz, had tested positive for COVID-19. They said that he possibly contracted the virus from Indonesian or Thai Tablighi members in Delhi.<ref name="Hindu identify">{{cite news|last1=Singh|first1=Vijaita|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/2100-foreigners-visited-india-for-tablighi-activities-this-year-says-mha/article31219576.ece|title=MHA tells States to track foreign Tablighi members|date=31 March 2020|work=The Hindu|access-date=23 July 2021}}</ref>

As late as 5 April, various government agencies were trying to blame each other with none of them taking responsibility for the lapses.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Trivedi|first1=Saurabh|last2=Ravi|first2=Sidharth|last3=Babu|first3=Nikhil M.|date=5 April 2020|title=Who is to blame for virus going viral from Nizamuddin?|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/who-is-to-blame-for-virus-going-viral-from-nizamuddin/article31264902.ece|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

===Spread===
A cluster spread became apparent in the following days as cases traced back to the event were reported in several states. In Telangana, five people who attended the event died on 30 March. Dozens of people tested positive in other places such as Andhra Pradesh, [[Tamil Nadu]], Uttar Pradesh and [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]]. State governments scrambled to trace the whereabouts of the attendees.<ref>{{cite news |title=Delhi area under watch: Officials link 5 Telangana deaths to Nizamuddin mosque, trace 1,600 people |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/parts-of-delhis-nizamuddin-west-cordoned-off-after-covid-19-cases-traced-to-area-6338798/ |access-date=3 April 2020 |work=The Indian Express}}</ref>

As of 3 April, more than 950 confirmed cases were detected across 14 states and union territories in the country, including 97 percent of the total cases confirmed in the country on 2 and 3 April (647 out of 664 cases).<ref name=ndtv>{{cite news |title=647 COVID-19 Cases in Last 2 Days Linked To Islamic Sect Meet in Delhi |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/647-coronavirus-cases-found-in-last-two-days-linked-to-islamic-sect-gathering-in-delhi-says-governme-2205635 |access-date=3 April 2020 |publisher=NDTV}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=647 coronavirus positive cases in two days linked to Tablighi Jamaat |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/647-coronavirus-positive-cases-in-two-days-linked-to-tablighi-jamaat/articleshow/74967407.cms |access-date=4 April 2020 |work=The Economic Times}}</ref> Tamil Nadu was the worst affected state, as 364 of the 411 people who tested positive had attended the event.<ref>{{cite news |title=102 new Covid-19 cases in Tamil Nadu; state's tally reaches 411 |url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/102-new-covid-19-cases-in-tamil-nadu-state-s-tally-reaches-411-11585922977996.html |access-date=3 April 2020 |work=Livemint}}</ref> 259 of the 386 cases in Delhi<ref>{{cite news |title=2 more deaths in Delhi, one a Tablighi Jamaat man; 93 new Coronavirus cases reported |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/2-more-covid-deaths-in-delhi-one-a-tablighi-jamaat-man-93-new-cases-reported/articleshow/74975751.cms |access-date=3 April 2020 |work=The Times of India}}</ref> and 140 of the 161 cases in Andhra Pradesh were linked to the event.<ref>{{cite news |title=Covid-19: AP reports first death; 140 of 161 cases linked to Markaz Nizamuddin |url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/covid-19-ap-reports-first-death-140-of-161-cases-linked-to-markaz-nizamuddin-11585899097389.html |access-date=3 April 2020 |work=Livemint}}</ref> All nine deaths reported in Telangana until 2 April were of people who had returned from the congregation.<ref>{{cite news |title=Three more Covid-19 deaths in Telangana, all linked to Markaz event |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/three-more-covid-19-deaths-in-telangana-all-linked-to-markaz-event/story-X0xlWmGltcOvrQClVdEzAI.html |access-date=3 April 2020 |work=Hindustan Times}}</ref>

The Srinagar man who died on 26 March was identified as a [[super-spreader]] as he travelled by road, rail and air from Delhi to Srinagar via Uttar Pradesh, as officials feared that he may have spread it to several people along the way.<ref>{{cite news |title=Coronavirus Outbreak: Delhi Police books Tablighi Jamaat head as Nizamuddin centre emerges as hotspot; 1,339 workers quarantined, says MHA |url=https://www.firstpost.com/health/coronavirus-outbreak-delhi-police-books-tablighi-jamaat-head-as-nizamuddin-centre-emerges-as-hotspot-1339-workers-quarantined-says-mha-8211721.html |access-date=4 April 2020 |work=Firstpost}}</ref>

===Tracing of attendees===
By 2 April, [[Maharashtra]], Telangana and [[Karnataka]] traced down 1,325, 1,064 and 800 attendees of the event respectively.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tablighi Jamaat: 1,325 of 1,400 attendees traced in State |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/coronavirus-two-from-pune-district-who-went-to-nizamuddin-conclave-test-positive/article31234627.ece |access-date=5 April 2020 |work=The Hindu}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Nine Delhi returnees die in Telangana, 21 new COVID-19 cases |url=https://punemirror.indiatimes.com/news/india/nine-delhi-returnees-die-in-telangana-21-new-covid-19-cases-reported-in-andhra-pradesh/articleshow/74946154.cms |access-date=5 April 2020 |work=Pune Mirror |archive-date=4 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200404112831/https://punemirror.indiatimes.com/news/india/nine-delhi-returnees-die-in-telangana-21-new-covid-19-cases-reported-in-andhra-pradesh/articleshow/74946154.cms |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=1,500 from Karnataka attended Tablighi Jamaat |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2020/apr/02/15k-from-ktaka-attended-jamaat-2124607.html |access-date=5 April 2020 |work=The New Indian Express}}</ref> Tamil Nadu identified and quarantined 1,103 of the 1,500-odd participants from the state.<ref>{{cite news |title=Coronavirus: How difficult was tracking the Jamaat event attendees from Tamil Nadu? |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/south/coronavirus-how-difficult-was-tracking-the-jamaat-event-attendees-from-tamil-nadu-820525.html |access-date=5 April 2020 |work=Deccan Herald}}</ref> Andhra Pradesh reportedly detected around 800 of the 1,085 people of the state who attended the congregation.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tablighi attendees' motive under police scanner |url=https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/news/tablighi-attendees-motive-police-scanner |access-date=5 April 2020 |work=The Sunday Guardian}}</ref> Gujarat Police identified 72 attendees from the state who attended the event.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/72-tabligh-attendees-traced-in-gujarat-one-dead-of-covid-19/article31228520.ece|title=Coronavirus {{!}} 72 Tabligh attendees traced in Gujarat; one dead of COVID-19|date=1 April 2020 |work=The Hindu}}</ref> Uttar Pradesh managed to track and quarantine 1,205 people who participated in the congregation by 5 April.<ref>{{cite news |title=1,205 Tablighi Jamaat attendees quarantined so far in UP: Govt official |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/1205-tablighi-jamaat-attendees-quarantined-uttar-pradesh-1663604-2020-04-05 |access-date=5 April 2020 |work=India Today}}</ref> On 4 April, it was reported that the [[Delhi Police]] had found more than 500 foreign preachers "hiding in 16–17 places" in the city.<ref>{{cite news |title=Over 500 Foreigners Who Attended Tablighi Jamaat Found Hiding in Delhi Mosques |url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/over-500-foreigners-who-attended-tablighi-jamaat-found-hiding-in-delhi-mosques-2563791.html |access-date=5 April 2020 |work=News18}}</ref>

=== Reopening of the mosque ===
After a two-year hiatus, the mosque was reopened for worship in March 2022.<ref>{{cite news |date=18 March 2022 |title=After 2-year hiatus, Nizamuddin Markaz reopens for Shab-e-Barat |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/after-2-year-hiatus-nizamuddin-markaz-reopens-for-shab-e-barat-378637/ |work=The Tribune, India |access-date=8 January 2025 }}</ref>

==Cases linked==
According to health authorities, until 2 April, among 2000 positive cases in India nearly 400 cases can be epidemiologically traced to the Tablighi Jamaat cluster.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://theprint.in/india/one-in-indias-five-covid-19-patients-is-linked-to-tablighi-jamaat-and-its-delhi-event/393993/ |title=One in India's five Covid-19 patients is linked to Tablighi Jamaat and its Delhi event |last1=Yadavar |first1=Swagata |date=2 April 2020 |website=ThePrint}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/400-covid-19-cases-with-linkage-to-tablighi-jamaat-found-health-ministry/articleshow/74951562.cms |title=400 COVID-19 cases with linkage to Tablighi Jamaat found: Health Ministry|date=2 April 2020 |website=The Times of India}}</ref> By 3 April 647 cases are reported which are related to this cluster.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/647-positive-cases-from-14-states-in-last-two-days-are-linked-to-tablighi-jamaat-health-ministry/articleshow/74967407.cms |title=647 coronavirus positive cases from 14 states in last two days are linked to Tablighi Jamaat: Health Ministry |date=3 April 2020 |work=The Economic Times}}</ref> By 4 April, 1,023 cases with links to this cluster were reported which is about 30% of total cases in the country.<ref name="PTI 4 April">{{cite news |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/covid-19-positive-cases-links-tablighi-jamaat-reported-17-states-health-ministry-1663313-2020-04-04 |title=1,023 Covid-19 positive cases with links to Tablighi Jamaat reported from 17 states: Health ministry |agency=Press Trust of India |website=India Today |date=4 April 2020}}</ref> On 18 April, Union Health Ministry said 4,291 out of 14,378 confirmed cases in 23 Indian states and union territories have been linked to this event, around a third of all cases.<ref name="ABP 18 April"/><ref name="PTI 18 April"/>

Following are some of the positive cases from different states as reported in media.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!State or UT
!Positive Cases
!Deaths
!Ref(s)
|-
|[[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]]
|9
|{{ndash}}
|<ref name="ToI400Linkage2Apr">{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/400-covid-19-cases-with-linkage-to-tablighi-jamaat-found-health-ministry/articleshow/74951562.cms|title=400 COVID-19 cases with linkage to Tablighi Jamaat found: Health Ministry|date=2 April 2020|website=The Times of India}}</ref>
|-
|[[Andhra Pradesh]]
|280
|1
|<ref name="DainikJagranSpike3Apr">{{cite web|url=https://www.thedailyjagran.com/india/coronavirus-outbreak-295-linked-to-tablighi-jamaat-test-positive-for-covid19-960-foreign-attendees-blacklisted-by-mha-10010317|title=COVID-19 pandemic: Nizamuddin Markaz trail widens with sharp spike in cases in Telangana, Delhi and UP|date=3 April 2020|website=Jagran English}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=ANI|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/266-cases-of-coronavirus-in-andhra-pradesh-243-of-them-tablighi-jamaat-attendees-their-contacts-120040601133_1.html|title=266 cases of coronavirus in Andhra Pradesh, 243 of them Tablighi Jamaat attendees, their contacts|date=6 April 2020|work=Business Standard India}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/steady-rise-in-covid-19-cases-in-andhra-telangana/story-0Up74k9GaTerNL7vETJHKJ.html|title=Steady rise in Covid-19 cases in Andhra, Telangana|date=7 April 2020|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref>
|-
|[[Arunachal Pradesh]]
|1
|{{ndash}}
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/health/coronavirus-outbreak-arunachal-pradesh-registers-first-covid-19-case-after-31-year-old-tablighi-jamaat-attendee-tests-positive-8219381.html|title=Coronavirus Outbreak: Arunachal Pradesh registers first COVID-19 case after 31-year-old Tablighi Jamaat attendee tests positive|website=Firstpost|date=2 April 2020 |access-date=3 April 2020}}</ref>
|-
|[[Assam]]
|33
|1
|<ref name="ToI400Linkage2Apr" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/coronavirus-in-assam-2-new-cases-1663282-2020-04-04|title=Coronavirus: 2 more cases bring Assam total to 25|date=4 April 2020|website=indiatoday.in}}</ref>
|-
|[[Bihar]]
|{{ndash}}
|1
|
|-
|Delhi
|1080
|5
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/CMODelhi/status/1251190807106777089/photo/1|title=Delhi Health Bulletin and Testing Status – 17th April 2020 #DelhiFightsCoronapic.twitter.com/cXaItp9hNn |last1=Delhi|first1=C. M. O.|date=17 April 2020|website=@CMODelhi|access-date=22 April 2020}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=May 2020}}{{Better source needed|date=June 2020}}
|-
|[[COVID-19 pandemic in Gujarat|Gujarat]]
|12
|1
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/tablighi-jamaat-had-major-role-in-spreading-the-virus-says-nitin-patel-6352548/|title=Tablighi Jamaat had major role in spreading the virus, says Nitin Patel|date=8 April 2020|website=The Indian Express}}</ref>
|-
|[[Haryana]]
|106
|{{ndash}}
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jagran.com/haryana/panchkula-lockdown-may-increase-in-four-districts-of-south-haryana-due-to-tablighi-jamaties-20175872.html|title=तब्‍लीगी जमातियों के कारण दक्षिण हरियाणा के चार जिलों में बढ़ सकता है लॉकडाउन|website=Dainik Jagran|language=hi|access-date=8 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/nearly-80-covid-19-patients-in-haryana-attended-tablighi-jamaat-event-minister-11586437662084.html|title=Nearly 80% Covid-19 patients in Haryana attended Tablighi Jamaat event: Minister|date=9 April 2020|website=Livemint}}</ref>
|-
|[[Himachal Pradesh]]
|21
|{{ndash}}
|<ref name="DaijiworldSuperSpreaders">{{cite web|url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay.aspx?newsID=691949|title=Tablighi super spreaders cause Covid-19 explosion in India|website=Daijiworld.com|access-date=3 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jagran.com/himachal-pradesh/kangra-coronavirus-more-than-hundreds-sample-taken-by-health-department-in-himachal-pradesh-20175294.html|title=Coronavirus: हिमाचल प्रदेश में कोरोना वायरस के 126 सैंपल की जांच रिपोर्ट नेगेटिव|website=Dainik Jagran|language=hi|access-date=8 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1248218082482454529|title=At present, 21 #COVID19 positive cases are in isolation wards. It's sad that all these cases are linked with Jamaat, some of them are those who had attended the Markaz event in Delhi & others are those who had come in contact with the attendees: Himachal Pradesh CM Jairam Thakurpic.twitter.com/xRYJC7uvXK|last=ANI|date=9 April 2020|website=@ANI|access-date=9 April 2020}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=May 2020}}
|-
|[[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
|22
|2
|<ref name="ToI400Linkage2Apr" />
|-
|[[Jharkhand]]
|{{ndash}}
|{{ndash}}
|<ref name="ET647Cases3April">{{cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/647-positive-cases-from-14-states-in-last-two-days-are-linked-to-tablighi-jamaat-health-ministry/articleshow/74967407.cms|title=647 coronavirus positive cases from 14 states in last two days are linked to Tablighi Jamaat: Health Ministry|date=3 April 2020|work=The Economic Times|access-date=3 April 2020}}</ref>
|-
|[[COVID-19 pandemic in Karnataka|Karnataka]]
|107
|1
|<ref name="DainikJagranSpike3Apr" /><ref name="karunadu4apr2">{{cite web|url=https://karunadu.karnataka.gov.in/hfw/kannada/nCovDocs/04-04-2020(English).pdf|title=Media Bulletin|website=Department of health and family welfare services, Karnataka|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200404141415/https://karunadu.karnataka.gov.in/hfw/kannada/nCovDocs/04-04-2020%28English%29.pdf|archive-date=4 April 2020|access-date=4 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1248216465792053250|title=16 more #COVID19 cases reported in Karnataka in the last 24 hours, including 10 cases with close contact to other patients & three with travel history to Delhi. Total number of coronavirus cases in the state stands at 197: Karnataka Health Departmentpic.twitter.com/TQr6u0BZBb|last=ANI|date=9 April 2020|website=@ANI|access-date=9 April 2020}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=May 2020}}<ref>{{cite web|title=COVID −19 Government of Karnataka – Official Dashboard|url=http://covid19dashboard.karnataka.gov.in/|website=covid19dashboard.karnataka.gov.in|access-date=5 May 2020|archive-date=15 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200515091620/http://covid19dashboard.karnataka.gov.in/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|[[COVID-19 pandemic in Kerala|Kerala]]
|15
|{{ndash}}
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/apr/08/more-tablighi-meet-returnees-test-positive-for-covid-19-in-southern-states-2127548.html|title=More Tablighi meet returnees test positive for COVID-19 in southern states|website=The New Indian Express|access-date=8 April 2020}}</ref>
|-
|[[Madhya Pradesh]]
|71
|{{ndash}}
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/36-year-old-covid-19-patient-dies-in-chhindwara-mp-cases-tally-rises-to-155-including-9-deaths-604352|title=36-year-old COVID-19 patient dies in Chhindwara; MP case tally rises to 158 including 11 deaths|last1=Mamtany|first1=Sidhant|date=4 April 2020|website=indiatvnews.com|access-date=7 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/coronavirus-covid-19-count-bhopal-604877|title=Bhopal COVID-19 count rises by 23 in a single day, reaches 40|last1=Joshi|first1=Manas|date=5 April 2020|website=indiatvnews.com|access-date=7 April 2020}}</ref>
|-
|[[Maharashtra]]
|23
|2
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.saharasamay.com/nation-news/676621404/maharashtra-sees-60-new-coronavirus-cases-total-1-078.html|title=Maharashtra sees 60 new coronavirus cases, total 1,078|website=Sahara Samay|access-date=8 April 2020}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=June 2020}}
|-
|[[Odisha]]
|{{ndash}}
|{{ndash}}
|
|-
|[[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]]
|2
|{{ndash}}
|<ref name="ToI400Linkage2Apr" />
|-
|[[COVID-19 pandemic in Punjab, India|Punjab]]
|26
|{{ndash}}
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jagran.com/punjab/chandigarh-corona-virus-attack-intensified-in-punjab-and-20-positive-cases-confirmed-in-a-single-day-20173900.html|title=पंजाब में तेज हुआ कोरोना वायरस का हमला, एक ही दिन में 20 पॉजिटिव केस की पुष्टि, छह जमाती|website=Dainik Jagran|language=hi|access-date=8 April 2020}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=June 2020}}
|-
|[[Rajasthan]]
|43
|{{ndash}}
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/coronavirus-in-rajasthan-tablighi-jamaat-members-tested-positive-across-various-districts-positive-cases-of-covid-19-touches-200|title=Coronavirus in Rajasthan: Tablighi Jamaat members tested positive across various districts; positive cases of COVID-19 touches 200|website=Free Press Journal|access-date=7 April 2020}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=June 2020}}
|-
|[[COVID-19 pandemic in Tamil Nadu|Tamil Nadu]]
|1113
|2
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1250419244992323584/photo/2|title=38 more #COVID19 cases reported in Tamil Nadu today, of these 34 are those who attended "single source event in Delhi" & their contacts. Total coronavirus cases in the state now at 1242, including 1113 who attended "single source event in Delhi" & their contacts: State Governmentpic.twitter.com/l13BMlb5Rn|last=ANI|date=15 April 2020|website=@ANI|access-date=22 April 2020}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=May 2020}}
|-
|[[Telangana]]
|388
|11
|<ref name="DaijiworldSuperSpreaders" /><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/04/tablighi-jamaat-event-india-worst-coronavirus-vector-200407052957511.html |title=How Tablighi Jamaat event became India's worst coronavirus vector |publisher=Al Jazeera |first1=Akash|last1=Bisht|first2=Sadiq|last2=Naqvi|date=7 April 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1248255802680299521|title=471 positive reported cases so far, out of these 388 related to Markaz. Today 665 samples were tested & only 18 positive cases were found – indicates a decrease in cases. People related to Markaz, who returned on 25, 26 & 27 March, are also being tested today: Telangana Health Minpic.twitter.com/Dehwl87xIr|last=ANI|date=9 April 2020|website=@ANI|access-date=9 April 2020}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=May 2020}}
|-
|[[COVID-19 pandemic in Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]]
|1138
|{{ndash}}
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/ANINewsUP/status/1253697991673704453|title=111 new #COVID19 cases reported today till 6&nbsp;pm in the state. Total cases rise to 1621 including 226 cured/discharged. 1370 are active cases and 25 deaths have been reported: State Health Departmentpic.twitter.com/hwWgr3yfZi|last1=UP|first1=ANI|date=24 April 2020|website=@ANINewsUP|access-date=24 April 2020}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=May 2020}}<ref>{{cite web|title=pic.twitter.com/ueEPJsQwyR|url=https://twitter.com/News24X7_/status/1256597069780877312|last=अनुराग|date=2 May 2020|website=@News24X7_|access-date=5 May 2020}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=May 2020}}
|-
|[[Uttarakhand]]
|24
|{{ndash}}
|<ref name="ET647Cases3April" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/coronavirus-uttarakhand-dgp-warns-tablighi-members-dgp-6348933/|title=Uttarakhand DGP warns Tablighi members: 'Report to authorities by April 6 or face murder bid charge if any case reported'|date=6 April 2020|website=The Indian Express|access-date=7 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jagran.com/uttarakhand/dehradun-city-coronavirus-outbreak-for-more-patients-found-coronavirus-positive-in-uttarakhand-20175471.html|title=coronavirus: उत्तराखंड में तीन जमातियों समेत चार कोरोना पॉजिटिव, 35 पहुंची संख्या|website=Dainik Jagran|language=hi|access-date=8 April 2020}}</ref>
|-
!Total
!4,514*
!27*
!
|-
! colspan="4" |''<small>*These numbers are not complete as some States do not report hotspot sources for cases</small>''
|}

=== March ===
* On 18 March, Eight Indonesians of Tablighi Jamaat were tested positive in [[Karimnagar]] in Telangana.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/coronavirus-in-india-high-alert-in-telangana-after-8-indonesians-test-positive-for-covid-19-1657355-2020-03-19|title=Coronavirus in India: High alert in Telangana after 8 Indonesians test positive for Covid-19|date=19 March 2020|agency=Indo-Asian News Service|website=India Today|access-date=4 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/south/covid-19-telanganas-karimnagar-reports-eight-covid-19-positive-cases-city-under-lockdown-815287.html|title=COVID-19: Telangana's Karimnagar reports eight COVID-19 positive cases; city under lockdown|date=19 March 2020|website=Deccan Herald|access-date=4 April 2020}}</ref> They had arrived from Hazrat Nizammudin, Delhi on 14 March.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://telanganatoday.com/karimnagar-six-secondary-contacts-of-indonesian-preacher-shifted-to-isolation-ward|title=Karimnagar: Six secondary contacts of Indonesian preacher shifted to isolation ward|website=Telangana Today|access-date=4 April 2020}}</ref> Security agencies had traced the link of these cases to Nizamuddin Markaz.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/markaz-leadership-resisted-then-nsa-ajit-doval-dropped-by-at-2-am/story-RhL243HMbRgTGBbriNIVzL.html|title=Markaz leadership resisted, then NSA Ajit Doval dropped by at 2&nbsp;am|date=1 April 2020|website=Hindustan Times|access-date=4 April 2020}}</ref>
* On 21 March, two Thai Nationals in [[Erode]], Tamil Nadu were reported as positive case number 5 and 6. They had attended this congregation in Delhi in early March.<ref>{{cite news|last1=M|first1=Serena Josephine|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/25-of-67-patients-directly-or-indirectly-linked-to-thai-nationals/article31212197.ece|title=25 of 67 patients directly or indirectly linked to Thai nationals|date=30 March 2020|work=The Hindu|access-date=4 April 2020|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/south/tamil-nadu-reports-17-fresh-coronavirus-cases-tally-now-67-819262.html|title=Tamil Nadu reports 17 fresh coronavirus cases; tally now 67|date=30 March 2020|website=Deccan Herald|access-date=4 April 2020}}</ref>
* On 26 March, Jammu and Kashmir reported first death to the pandemic, a 65-year-old who had attended this congregation.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/tracking-covid-19-super-spreader-from-j-k-to-tablighi-event-in-delhi-and-back-via-up/articleshow/74911674.cms?from=mdr|title=Tracking COVID-19 'super spreader': From J-K to Tablighi event in Delhi and back via UP|date=31 March 2020|work=The Economic Times|access-date=5 April 2020}}</ref> At that time, more than 40 of 48 cases in the region was tracked back to this patient.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}
* On 31 March 57 new cases were reported in Tamil Nadu. 80 out of total 124 cases in the state are linked to Tablighi Jamaat cluster.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/tamil-nadu-reports-57-new-covid-19-cases-in-one-day-79-attended-tablighi-jamaat-state-tally-at-124-1661904-2020-03-31|title=Tamil Nadu reports 57 new Covid-19 cases in one day, 79% attended Tablighi Jamaat. State tally at 124|last1=Lobo|first1=Shalini|date=31 March 2020|website=India Today|access-date=4 April 2020}}</ref>

=== April ===
* First positive case from [[Dharavi]] in [[Mumbai]] who eventually died on 1 April, has hosted 10 Tablighi Jamaat members between 22 and 25 March.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/coronavirus-in-mumbai-dharavi-man-covid-19-patient-hosted-10-tablighi-jamaat-members-nizamuddin-604366|title=Coronavirus in Mumbai: Dharavi man who died due to COVID-19 hosted 10 Tablighi Jamaat members|last1=Jaiswal|first1=Priya|date=4 April 2020|website=indiatvnews.com|access-date=4 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/coronavirus/news/dharavi-man-who-died-hosted-10-tablighi-jamaat-members/articleshow/74976875.cms|title=Dharavi man who died hosted 10 Tablighi Jamaat members|last1=Marpakwar|first1=Chaitanya|last2=Dalvi|first2=Vinay|website=Mumbai Mirror|access-date=4 April 2020|last3=Marpakwar|first3=Lata MishraChaitanya|last4=Dalvi|first4=Vinay|last5=Mishra|first5=Lata|date=4 April 2020}}</ref>
* On 1 and 2 April Tamil Nadu reported 110 and 74 positive cases respectively, all of them had related to this cluster.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/tamil-nadu-new-coronavirus-cases-linked-nizamuddin-event-tabligh-1662243-2020-04-01|title=Tamil Nadu reports 110 new coronavirus cases, all linked to Nizamuddin event|first1=Shalini|last1=Lobo|date=1 April 2020|website=India Today|access-date=4 April 2020}}</ref>
* On 3 April 100 cases in Tamil Nadu and 42 in Uttar Pradesh are related to this cluster.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/tamil-nadu-reports-102-new-covid-19-cases-total-rises-411-121781|title=Tamil Nadu reports 102 new COVID-19 cases, total rises to 411|date=3 April 2020|work=The News Minute|access-date=3 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://telanganatoday.com/44-new-positive-covid-19-cases-in-up-42-attended-nizamuddin-event|title=44 new positive COVID-19 cases in UP, 42 attended Nizamuddin event|last=AuthorANI|website=Telangana Today|access-date=4 April 2020}}</ref>
* On 4 April, in Tamil Nadu 73 people who had taken part in congregation are tested positive.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/coronavirus-tn-reports-74-new-cases-total-goes-up-to-485/article31258036.ece|title=Coronavirus {{!}} TN reports 74 new cases; total goes up to 485|date=4 April 2020|work=The Hindu|access-date=4 April 2020|agency=Press Trust of India|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> In Assam, 25 out of 26 cases reported until this date had taken part in this event.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/assam-coronavirus-infected-man-met-111-search-for-silent-carrier-on-2206264|title=Assam Coronavirus-Infected Man Met 111, Search For "Silent Carrier" On|website=NDTV.com|access-date=5 April 2020}}</ref>
* On 5 April, Tamil Nadu positive cases reached 571 in which 522 are related to this hotspot.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stopcorona.tn.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Media-Bulletin-05-04-20-COVID-19-6-PM.pdf|title=TamilNadu Media Bulletin 05.04.2020 6&nbsp;pm|website=tn.gov.in|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200405215542/https://stopcorona.tn.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Media-Bulletin-05-04-20-COVID-19-6-PM.pdf|archive-date=5 April 2020|access-date=5 April 2020}}</ref> In Uttar Pradesh, out of 139 out of 283 cases reported until this date has linkage to this cluster and in Delhi it is 320 out of 503 total cases.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/lucknow-city-coronavirus-death-in-up-old-aged-man-from-varanasi-coronavirus-positive-died-third-from-up-20166377.html|title=CoronaVirus death in UP : उत्तर प्रदेश में कोरोना वायरस से तीसरी मौत, अब तक 284 पॉजिटिव|website=Dainik Jagran|language=hi|access-date=5 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/delhi-new-covid19-cases-coronavirus-lockdown-604836|title=58 new COVID-19 cases reported in Delhi, tally rises to 503|last1=Pathak|first1=Analiza|date=5 April 2020|website=indiatvnews.com|access-date=6 April 2020}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=June 2020}}
* On 9 April 97 new cases, all linked to the Tablighi Jamaat event, were reported in Delhi, bringing the total number linked to this cluster to 430 in Delhi, out Of 669 for all cases.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/coronavirus-tablighi-jamaat-delhi-93-new-covid-19-cases-in-delhi-linked-to-mosque-event-426-of-669-o-2208733 |title=93 New COVID-19 Cases in Delhi Linked To Mosque Event, 426 Of 669 Overall |publisher=NDTV |date=9 April 2020 }}</ref>

==Aftermath==
===Legal action===
The Union Home Ministry instructed state governments to track down the 824 foreign attendees of the congregation, asking them to screen, quarantine and deport such individuals.<ref>{{cite news |title=Home Ministry asked States to identify 824 foreign Tablighi members |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/home-ministry-to-blacklist-800-tablighi-preachers-from-indonesia-for-violation-of-visa-rules/article31214048.ece |access-date=4 April 2020 |work=The Hindu}}</ref> On 2 April, the Home Ministry identified 960 foreigners who took part in the event and blacklisted their visas for violation of [[The Foreigners Act, 1946]] (by violating visa norms by entering India with a tourist visa and indulging illegally in [[missionary]] work) and the [[Disaster Management Act, 2005]], and asked the DGPs of respective states and union territories to initiate legal action against them.<ref>{{cite news |title=960 foreigners linked to Tablighi Jamaat blacklisted, visas cancelled by MHA |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/foreigners-linked-to-tablighi-jamaat-blacklisted-visas-cancelled-by-mha-1662648-2020-04-02 |access-date=4 April 2020 |work=India Today}}</ref>

The Delhi government ordered an FIR against Muhammad Saad Kandhlawi, the head of Nizamuddin faction of the Tablighi Jamat, on 30 March.<ref name="standard">{{cite news |title=Nizamuddin congregation: Arvind Kejriwal orders FIR against maulana |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/nizamuddin-congregation-arvind-kejriwal-orders-fir-against-maulana-120033100007_1.html |newspaper=Business Standard India |date=30 March 2020|agency=Press Trust of India }}</ref><ref name="indiatoday">{{cite web |title=Nizamuddin congregation: Arvind Kejriwal orders FIR against maulana |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/nizamuddin-congregation-arvind-kejriwal-orders-fir-against-maulana-1661514-2020-03-30 |website=India Today |access-date=30 March 2020}}</ref> On 1 April, the Delhi Police launched an investigation into a leaked audio clip in which Kandhlawi was allegedly heard asking his followers to not be afraid of the COVID-19 pandemic and to gather in mosques to pray. He was also heard saying, "This is not the time when you leave your prayers or meeting people just because doctors are saying. When [[Allah]] has given this disease, then no doctor or medicine can save us."<ref>{{cite news|date=1 April 2020|title=It's time to stay in mosques, Allah will save us: Tablighi Jamaat chief told followers in leaked audio|work=India Today|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/it-s-time-to-stay-in-mosques-allah-will-save-us-tablighi-jamaat-chief-told-followers-in-leaked-audio-1662297-2020-04-01|access-date=4 April 2020}}</ref> One media outlet claimed that Kandhlawi was charged on 16 April with [[manslaughter]] over the gathering;<ref>{{cite news|date=16 April 2020|title=India coronavirus: Tablighi Jamaat leader on manslaughter charge over Covid-19 |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-52306879}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=28 April 2020 |author=Ahmed, Zubair |title=India coronavirus: Tablighi Jamaat gives blood for plasma therapy |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-52452468 |access-date=8 January 2025 }}</ref>  while another media outlet stated that no charges were ever laid against him.<ref>{{cite news |date=18 March 2022 |author=Lama, Prawesh |title=Two years after Markaz sealing, little headway in case against Maulana Saad |work=Hindustan Times |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/delhi-news/two-years-after-markaz-sealing-little-headway-in-case-against-maulana-saad-101647540758471.html |access-date=8 January 2025 }}</ref>

According to reports, around 160 attendees who were quarantined at a railway facility in Delhi "misbehaved" and "spat on" doctors and healthcare personnel who were attending to them. They also allegedly raised objection to the food served and roamed around the facility in violation of the norms of the isolation ward.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tablighi Jamaat attendees misbehave with staffers, spit at doctors at Delhi quarantine units |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/coronavirus-india-tablighi-jamaat-attendees-misbehave-staffers-spit-doctors-delhi-quarantine-units-1662322-2020-04-01 |access-date=4 April 2020 |work=India Today}}</ref> Attendees quarantined at a facility in [[Ghaziabad]] reportedly roamed around naked in the facility and made lewd comments and directed vulgar signs at the nurses.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/tabligh-members-undergoing-treatment-not-cooperating-doctors-to-delhi-govt/articleshow/74969727.cms?from=mdr|title=Tabligh members undergoing treatment not cooperating: Doctors to Delhi govt|date=3 April 2020|work=The Economic Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Tablighi Jamaat patients making vulgar signs, roaming nude inside hospital: Ghaziabad CMO tells police |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/tablighi-jamaat-patients-making-vulgar-signs-roaming-nude-inside-hospital-ghaziabad-cmo-tells-police-1662659-2020-04-02 |access-date=4 April 2020 |work=India Today}}</ref> However, a medical officer with the Delhi government, who also helped evacuate the Nizamuddin Markaz, told ''[[The Hindu]]'' that she did not face any incidents of misbehaviour from the suspects. She stated that they mostly kept to themselves, reading ''namaaz'', and seemed unaware of what was happening beyond their world.<ref>{{cite news|title='Tablighi Jamaat members didn't misbehave during evacuation'|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/tablighi-jamaat-members-didnt-misbehave-during-evacuation/article31303434.ece|date=9 April 2020|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=3 May 2020}}</ref>

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister [[Yogi Adityanath]] condemned the actions and invoked the [[National Security Act (India)|National Security Act]] against them.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ghaziabad/ghaziabad-tabligh-jamaat-members-misbehave-with-nurses-up-govt-to-invoke-nsa/articleshow/74967055.cms|title=Ghaziabad: Tablighi Jamaat members misbehave with nurses; UP govt to invoke NSA|date=3 April 2020|website=The Times of India}}</ref> In [[Bihar]], stones were pelted at police officers who had gone for tracking Tablighi Jamaat attendees.<ref>{{cite news |title=3 held in Bihar's Madhubani for pelting stones at cops tracking Tabligi Jamaat attendees |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/apr/01/3-held-in-bihars-madhubani-for-pelting-stones-at-cops-tracking-tabligi-jamaat-attendees-2124401.html |access-date=4 April 2020 |work=The New Indian Express}}</ref> On 6 April, news sources reported that some television anchors and journalists were being threatened by Tablighi Jamaat members for covering the "role of Tablighi Jamaat in the spread of coronavirus."<ref>{{cite news |title=TV Journos Receive 'Threats' Over Tablighi Jamaat-Coronavirus Report, NBA Expresses Concern |url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/tv-journos-receive-threats-over-tablighi-jamaat-coronavirus-report-nba-expresses-concern-2566227.html |access-date=6 April 2020 |work=News18}}</ref>

On 14 April, [[Patna Police]] arrested 28 preachers (17 of whom were foreigners)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/india/11-malaysians-among-28-foreign-nationals-jailed-violating-visa-norms-1502877451.html|title=11 Malaysians among 28 foreign nationals jailed for violating visa norms|last1=Chaurasia|first1=Manoj|date=14 April 2020|website=The Statesman}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/bihar-17-foreign-preachers-sent-to-jail-for-violating-visa-norms-during-covid-19-pandemic-1666840-2020-04-14|title=Bihar: 17 foreign preachers sent to jail for violating visa norms during Covid-19 pandemic|first1=Amitabh|last1=Srivastava|date=14 April 2020|website=India Today}}</ref> and on 23 April, Tablighi members (including foreigners from Bangladesh and Malaysia) were arrested at [[Thane]], Maharashtra. All were arrested for not following lockdown rules and visiting mosques.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thane/thane-21-foreigners-who-had-attended-tablighi-meet-arrested/articleshow/75325950.cms|title=Thane: 21 foreigners who had attended Tablighi meet arrested &#124; Thane News|date=23 April 2020|work=The Times of India}}</ref>

As of 8 May, 3,013 members of the Tablighi Jamaat were still waiting for their release, despite being under the long quarantine period and testing negative.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kapoor |first1=Cheena |title=India: 3,000 Muslims forced to quarantine after 40 days |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/india-3-000-muslims-forced-to-quarantine-after-40-days/1833654 |publisher=[[Anadolu Agency]] |date=8 May 2020 |access-date=21 May 2020}}</ref>

The [[Central Bureau of Investigation]] (CBI) had initiated a preliminary inquiry into the financial affairs of the Jamaat for "dubious cash transactions" and for concealing foreign funding from the government.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Tiwary |first1=Deeptiman |title=CBI begins preliminary inquiry into Tablighi Jamaat financial affairs |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/cbi-initiates-inquiry-into-financial-affairs-of-tablighi-jamaat-over-dubious-cash-transactions-6433216/ |work=[[The Indian Express]] |date=29 May 2020 |access-date=7 June 2020}}</ref> However, the union government submitted before the [[Supreme Court of India|Supreme Court]] that there was no need for a probe by the CBI in connection with the congregation.<ref>{{cite news |title=No need for CBI probe in Tablighi Jamaat congregation case: Centre tells SC |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/no-need-for-cbi-probe-in-tablighi-jamaat-congregation-case-centre-tells-sc/articleshow/76214761.cms |work=[[Times of India]]|date=5 June 2020 |access-date=7 June 2020}}</ref>

The [[Karnataka High Court]] placed a 10-year restriction on visiting India on at least nine foreigner Tablighi Jamaat members who had attended the Nizamuddin Markaz event. However, this order was struck down by the [[Supreme Court of India|Supreme Court]] in response to a plea by one of the attendees for its repeal. The court directed the [[Government of India]] that in the event of these participants applying for visa to visit India, their applications be treated on merits uninfluenced by the state high court's order.<ref>[https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/sc-does-away-with-10-year-travel-restriction-on-9-foreigner-tablighi-jamaat-members/2132420/ SC does away with 10 year travel restriction on 9 foreigner Tablighi Jamaat members]</ref>

==== Acquittals ====
On 15 December 2020, the [[Delhi High Court]] acquitted 36 foreigners who were detained for allegedly violating COVID-19 norms after the prosecution failed to "prove the presence of accused inside the Markaz premises" and due to the contradictory statements given by the witnesses.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-12-16|title=Tablighi case: All foreigners freed, court slams police, says no proof|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/tablighi-case-all-foreigners-freed-court-slams-police-says-no-proof-7106554/|access-date=2020-12-16|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>

===Reconciliation efforts===
In a letter issued on 19 April, Maulana Saad urged all the Tablighi Jamaat members that had survived COVID-19 to [[Coronavirus disease 2019#Passive antibodies|donate their blood plasma]] for the treatment of others.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/covid-19-survivors-should-donate-blood-plasma-tablighi-jamaat-leader-maulana-saad-1669558-2020-04-21|title=Covid-19 survivors should donate blood plasma: Tablighi Jamaat leader Maulana Saad|work=India Today|date=21 April 2020}}</ref> Hundreds of recovered Tablighi Jamaat members came forward or expressed willingness to donate their blood plasma in an organised way in Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Delhi.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/tablighi-jamaat-attendees-in-tn-coordinate-to-donate-plasma-feel-struggles-should-not-go-unnoticed-2589765.html|title=Tablighi Jamaat Attendees in TN Coordinate to Donate Plasma, Feel Struggles Should not go Unnoticed|website=News18|date=23 April 2020|access-date=28 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/recovered-tablighi-jamaat-members-coronavirus-cluster-will-donate-plasma-help-infected-people/|title=Recovered Tablighi Jamaat Members, Once a COVID-19 Cluster, Want to Donate Plasma to Help Infected People|last1=Sanjay|first1=Satviki|date=22 April 2020|website=Vice|access-date=28 April 2020}}</ref><ref>
{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/delhi/coronavirus-covid-19-plasma-therapy-trials-in-delhi-encouraging-says-arvind-kejriwal/cid/1767759|title=Plasma therapy trials in Delhi encouraging, says Kejriwal|first1=Furquan|last1=Ameen|date=24 April 2020|website=The Telegraph|location=Kolkota|access-date=28 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=After COVID-19 Recovery, 300 Tablighi Jamaat Members Sign Up To Donate Plasma |url=https://www.ndtv.com/video/news/news/after-covid-19-recovery-300-tablighi-jamaat-members-sign-up-to-donate-plasma-546866 |website=[[NDTV India]] |publisher=NDTV.com |access-date=29 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Hundreds Of Recovered Tablighi Jamaat Members Donate Blood Plasma For COVID-19 Patients |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/india-news-coronavirus-hundreds-of-recovered-tablighi-jamaat-members-donate-blood-plasma-for-serious-covid-19-patients/351604 |website=[[Outlook India]]|access-date=29 April 2020}}</ref> However, in late April, the Union Health Ministry stated that there was no concrete evidence yet to support plasma therapy.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/no-evidence-yet-to-support-that-plasma-therapy-can-be-used-for-covid-19-treatment-health-ministry/articleshow/75428710.cms|title=Plasma therapy: No evidence yet to support that plasma therapy can be used for Covid-19 treatment: Health ministry|date=28 April 2020|work=The Times of India|access-date=28 April 2020}}</ref> In response to this, Delhi Chief Minister [[Arvind Kejriwal]] stated that the Delhi government would not stop plasma therapy trials since the "initial results have been promising".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Swati Bhasin |first1=Sharad Sharma |title="Won't Stop Plasma Therapy Trial": Arvind Kejriwal After Centre's Caution |url=https://www.ndtv.com/delhi-news/coronavirus-cases-delhi-arvind-kejriwal-after-centre-caution-wont-stop-plasma-therapy-trial-2221565 |website=[[NDTV India]]}}</ref> As of 1 May 2020, the plasma of over 300 recovered attendees was extracted.<ref>{{cite web |title=Karnataka Government Issues Notice to IAS Officer for Tweet on Tablighi Jamaat Members |url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/karnataka-government-issues-notice-to-ias-officer-for-tweet-on-tablighi-jamaat-members-2601601.html |website=[[News18]] |date=May 2020 |access-date=26 May 2020}}</ref> Since the plasma donation was done during the daytime in the month of [[Ramadan]], the donors broke their fast during the process.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mohammad Ali |first1=Qaiser |title=150 Tablighi Jamaat Members Break Ramzan Fast To Donate Plasma For Covid Treatment |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/india-news-150-tablighi-jamaat-members-break-ramzan-fast-to-donate-plasma-for-covid-treatment/352059 |website=[[Outlook India]] |access-date=10 May 2020}}</ref> In some quarantine facilities, female Jamaat members donated their plasma.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gupta |first1=Poorvi |title=Recovered Women Tablighis Donate Blood Plasma For COVID-19 Patients |url=https://www.shethepeople.tv/news/recovered-women-tablighis-donate-plasma |website=[[SheThePeople.TV]] |date=May 2020 |access-date=18 May 2020}}</ref> One of the Tablighi donated multiple times.<ref>{{cite web |title=कोरोना हारेगा: तब्लीगी जमात के सदस्य ने कहा- दो बार प्लाज्मा डोनेट किया, 10 बार करना पड़ा तो भी पीछे नहीं हटूंगा |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/national/news/if-i-am-needed-to-donate-plasma-ten-times-i-will-do-so-says-tablighi-jamaat-member-127265317.html |website=[[Dainik Bhaskar]] |date=2 May 2020 |publisher=Bhaskar.com |access-date=29 May 2020}}</ref> They considered [[blood donation]] as their duty towards the nation.<ref>[https://www.thequint.com/coronavirus/tablighi-jamaat-plasma-donors-speak-to-the-quint-covid19-coronavirus 'It's Only Blood, Ready to Die for Nation': Tablighi Plasma Donor]</ref>

In the immediate aftermath of the Delhi event, at least three mosques of the Tablighi Jamaat were turned into quarantine centres. These included the Jama Masjid Moazzampura in Mallepally and the Masjid-e-Alamgir in Shanti Nagar, both of which are located in Hyderabad.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mohammed |first1=Syed |title=Ready to donate plasma for therapy: Tablighi Jamaat |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/ready-to-donate-plasma-for-therapy-tablighi-jamaat/article31439242.ece |newspaper=The Hindu |date=26 April 2020 |access-date=29 May 2020}}</ref>

===Related casualties===
In [[Prayagraj]] in Uttar Pradesh, a man was shot dead for making remarks against Tablighi Jamaat.<ref>
{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/up-man-shot-dead-at-tea-shop-for-blaming-tablighi-jamaat-for-coronavirus-spread-1663552-2020-04-05|title=UP man shot dead at tea shop for blaming Tablighi Jamaat for coronavirus spread|work=India Today|first1=Kumar|last1=Abhishek|date=5 April 2020}}</ref> In Una district in Himachal Pradesh, a man hanged himself due to taunts from fellow villagers for having come in contact with Tablighi Jamaat missionaries.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/himachal/himachal-man-commits-suicide-after-insults-over-coronavirus-spread-post-tablighi-congregation-65978|title=Taunted over coronavirus spread after Tablighi meet, Himachal man commits suicide|work=The Tribune (Chandigarh)|first1=Lalit|last1=Mohan|date=5 April 2020}}</ref> Several truckers belonging to the Muslim community were allegedly beaten up in [[Arunachal Pradesh]], following which they fled to neighbouring [[Assam]], leaving their vehicles behind, on 5 April 2020.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/muslim-truckers-beaten-up-in-arunachal-concern-over-supplies-of-essential-items-2565619.html |title=Muslim Truckers 'Beaten Up' in Arunachal, Concern Over Supplies of Essential Items |date=5 April 2020 |website=News18 |access-date=8 April 2020}}</ref> A Muslim man in Delhi was beaten up by a mob which accused him of spreading coronavirus.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ellis-Petersen|first1=Hannah|last2=Azizur Rahman|first2=Shaikh|date=13 April 2020|title=Coronavirus conspiracy theories targeting Muslims spread in India|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/13/coronavirus-conspiracy-theories-targeting-muslims-spread-in-india|access-date=22 April 2020}}</ref>

===Discrimination against Muslims===
Some social media users projected Muslims as the spreaders of COVID-19 in the light of Tablighi event in Delhi. As a result, Muslim vegetable vendors were barred from selling on the streets at many places by the locals in India, including Delhi,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bhardwaj |first1=Amit |title=How fake news, rumours are driving call for ban on Muslim vendors in NW Delhi |url=https://www.asiavillenews.com/article/how-fake-news-rumours-are-driving-call-for-ban-on-muslim-vendors-in-nw-delhi-shastri-nagar-38855 |website=Asia Ville News |date=8 April 2020 |access-date=26 April 2020 |archive-date=1 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200501025224/https://www.asiavillenews.com/article/how-fake-news-rumours-are-driving-call-for-ban-on-muslim-vendors-in-nw-delhi-shastri-nagar-38855 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Uttar Pradesh<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pandey |first1=Alok |title=Abused, Stopped From Selling Vegetables, Allege Muslim Vendors in UP |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/coronavirus-uttar-pradesh-abused-stopped-from-selling-vegetables-allege-muslim-vendors-in-up-2210963 |website=[[NDTV India]] |publisher=NDTV |date=13 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Muslim Vendors in UP's Mahoba Approach Admin, Say People Refused to Buy Veggies from Them |url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/muslim-vendors-in-up-approach-mahoba-admin-say-people-refused-to-buy-veggies-from-them-2576383.html |work=News 18 |date=13 April 2020}}</ref> and Karnataka, especially [[Dakshina Kannada]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mohammad |first1=Akram |title=Muslim vendors barred after social media misinformation |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/state/top-karnataka-stories/muslim-vendors-barred-after-social-media-misinformation-823066.html |work=Deccan Herald |date=8 April 2020}}</ref>

The [[Hindu Mahasabha]] national secretary<ref>{{cite web |title=Hindu Mahasabha office-bearer, husband arrested in Aligarh for 'inflammatory' statement|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/hindu-mahasabha-office-bearer-husband-arrested-in-aligarh-for-inflammatory-statement-822514.html |date=7 April 2020 |website=[[Deccan Herald]]}}</ref> and two [[BJP]] MLAs from Uttar Pradesh<ref>{{cite web|title="Was I Wrong?" BJP MLA Says Boycott Muslim Vegetable Sellers, Defiant|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/coronavirus-lockdown-on-camera-bjp-mla-suresh-tiwari-says-boycott-muslim-vegetable-vendors-defends-himself-2219589|last1=Pandey|first1=Alok|date=28 April 2020|website=[[NDTV India]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=30 April 2020|title=Caught on camera: UP BJP MLA Brij Bhushan Rajput threatens to beat up Muslim vegetable vendor|work=[[Scroll.in]]|url=https://scroll.in/video/960643/caught-on-camera-up-bjp-mla-threatens-to-beat-up-muslim-vegetable-vendor}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Another UP BJP MLA targets Muslim vendors|url=https://sabrangindia.in/decoding-hate/another-bjp-mla-targets-muslim-vendors|date=1 May 2020|website=Sabrang India}}</ref> were arrested for their discriminatory remarks about Muslims and members of the Jamaat. Muslims and their families were attacked in parts of the country.<ref>{{cite web |first1=Hannah |last1=Ellis-Petersen |author2=Shaikh Azizur Rahman |title=Coronavirus conspiracy theories targeting Muslims spread in India |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/13/coronavirus-conspiracy-theories-targeting-muslims-spread-in-india |work=The Guardian |date=13 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/youths-assault-neighbour-6-of-them-arrested/articleshow/75018533.cms |title=Gurugram: Youths assault neighbour, 6 of them arrested |work=The Times of India|date=6 April 2020 |first=Bagish |last=Jha }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Helen Regan, Priyali Sur |first1=Vedika Sud |title=India's Muslims feel targeted by rumors they're spreading Covid-19 |date=24 April 2020 |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/23/asia/india-coronavirus-muslim-targeted-intl-hnk/index.html |publisher=[[CNN]] |access-date=20 May 2020}}</ref> In some cases, Muslim women were attacked<ref>{{cite web|title=India Is Scapegoating Muslims for the Spread of the Coronavirus|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/04/22/india-muslims-coronavirus-scapegoat-modi-hindu-nationalism/?_ga=2.85499097.1379180018.1588511286-645003925.1588511286|last1=Yasir|first1=Sameer|date=22 April 2020|website=Foreign Policy}}</ref> and pregnant Muslim women were denied timely healthcare, ultimately leading to the loss of their babies' lives.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Iqbal|first1=Mohammed|date=5 April 2020|title=Pregnant woman refused attention in government hospital, alleges Rajasthan Minister|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/pregnant-woman-refused-attention-in-government-hospital-alleges-rajasthan-minister/article31261893.ece|access-date=3 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Angad|first1=Abhishek|date=19 April 2020|title=In Jharkhand, pregnant woman says told to clean up blood, loses child|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/in-jharkhand-pregnant-woman-says-told-to-clean-up-blood-loses-child-6368865/|access-date=3 May 2020|website=The Indian Express}}</ref> Multiple cases of healthcare professionals discriminating against Muslims were reported across the country.<ref>{{Cite news|date=19 April 2020|title=Meerut hospital issues advertisement asking Muslim patients to get tested for COVID-19|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/private-hospital-issues-advertisement-asking-muslim-patients-to-get-tested-for-covid-19/article31381182.ece|access-date=3 May 2020|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Web Desk|first1=NH|title=COVID {{sic|pos|tive|nolink=y}} muslims are terrorists, should be killed, says Principal of Kanpur Medical College|url=https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/india/covid-postive-muslims-are-terrorists-should-be-killed-says-principal-of-kanpur-medical-college|access-date=4 June 2020|website=[[National Herald]]|date=6 January 2020 |publisher=Nationalheraldindia.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last1=Mukherjee|first1=Deep|date=2020-06-08|title=Rajasthan hospital faces probe after anti-Muslim WhatsApp posts by staff|work=The Indian Express|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/jaipur/rajasthan-private-hospital-muslims-treatment-churu-police-investigation-6447120/|access-date=9 June 2020}}</ref> In one such case in Ahmedabad, Hindu and Muslim coronavirus patients were allegedly separated from each other.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Jha|first1=Satish|date=15 April 2020|title=Govt hospital in Ahmedabad allegedly separates Hindu, Muslim coronavirus patients; govt denies|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/govt-hospital-in-ahmedabad-allegedly-separates-hindu-muslim-coronavirus-patients-govt-denies-825586.html|access-date=3 May 2020|work=Deccan Herald}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=TRIVEDI|first1=DIVYA|title=Targeting a community|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/cover-story/article31374077.ece|access-date=3 May 2020|work=[[The Hindu|Frontline]]|date=20 April 2020 }}</ref> Muslim students, too, faced discrimination while appearing for the class XII Board exams.<ref>{{cite web|title=Muslim students appearing for exams made to sit separately: Muslim community were portrayed as super-spreaders of COVID-19 following the Tablighi Jamaat incident|url=https://www.siasat.com/muslim-students-appearing-exams-made-sit-separately-1900736/|access-date=11 June 2020|website=[[The Siasat Daily]]|date=10 June 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Madhya Pradesh: Congress MLA Arif Masood says Muslim students forced to write exam outside the examination hall|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/bhopal/madhya-pradesh-congress-mla-arif-masood-says-muslim-students-forced-to-write-exam-outside-the-examination-hall|access-date=11 June 2020|website=[[The Free Press Journal]]}}</ref> According to media reports, in the wake of coronavirus spread, Muslims converted to [[Hinduism]] in several villages of Haryana, for a variety of reasons.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ahmed |first1=Syed Ali |title=After Mob Attacks and Trade Boycott, Muslims Being Forced to Convert to Hinduism in Delhi and Haryana Villages |url=http://www.indiatomorrow.net/eng/after-mob-attacks-and-trade-boycott-muslims-being-forced-to-convert-to-hinduism-in-delhi-and-haryana-villages |website=IndiaTomorrow.net |publisher=India Tomorrow |access-date=20 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Sameer |title=Over 250 Muslims convert to Hinduism |url=https://www.siasat.com/over-250-muslims-convert-hinduism-1886843/ |website=[[The Siasat Daily|Siasat Urdu daily]] |date=9 May 2020 |publisher=Siasat Newspaper Website |access-date=20 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Mukesh |first1=Kumar |title=Haryana: 40 Muslim families convert to Hinduism – Gurgaon News – Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/haryana-40-muslim-families-convert-to-hinduism/articleshow/75639892.cms |work=The Times of India |date=9 May 2020 |access-date=20 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=India |first1=Clarion |title= Under Threat 12 Muslim Families 'Convert' to Hinduism in Haryana |url=https://clarionindia.net/under-threat12-muslim-families-convert-to-hinduism-in-haryana/ |website=Clarion India |publisher=Clarion |access-date=27 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Six Muslim families convert in Haryana's Jind district|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/six-muslim-families-convert-in-haryanas-jind-district/article31419177.ece|date=23 April 2020|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=20 May 2020}}</ref>

====Islamophobic smear campaign====

Several media houses were accused for instigating communal Islamophobic sentiments by blaming Indian COVID-19 outbreak on Tablighi Jamaat and spreading misinformation.<ref>{{Cite web|title=When Even a Pandemic Is Communalised|url=https://thewire.in/communalism/covid-19-tablighi-jamaat-hindu-muslim|access-date=2020-12-16|website=The Wire}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-06-30|title=Coronavirus: The human cost of fake news in India|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-53165436|access-date=2020-12-16}}</ref>
{{Blockquote|text=“The Tablighi Jamaat phase saw hate speech directed against one entire community-Muslims-with very visible impact on the ground such as calls for economic and social boycott and physical violence against Muslims. Hate speech in this period was in some instances clear incitement to genocide and sought to reduce Muslims to second class citizenship.”|author=|title=|source=Report: Wages of Hate – Journalism in Dark Times}}

Mainstream India media propagated conspiracy of Muslims deliberately spreading coronavirus called <nowiki>''Corona Jihad''</nowiki>. The most notorious incident was [[Arnab Goswami]] of [[Republic TV]] falsely portraying an assembly of [[Labour in India|migrant workers]] at [[Bandra railway station]] demanding from the government to make arrangements for them to return home during the [[COVID-19 lockdown in India|COVID-19 lockdown]] as an assembly of Muslims gathered purportedly on the orders of the ''[[imam]]'' of a local mosque in an attempt to deliberately spread the [[COVID-19|viral infection]] among Hindus in an act of [[biological terrorism]].<ref>{{Cite web |author=Scroll Staff |date=2020-05-03 |title=Bandra migrants protest: Case filed against Arnab Goswami for allegedly spreading communal hatred |url=https://scroll.in/latest/960942/bandra-migrants-protest-case-filed-against-arnab-goswami-for-allegedly-spreading-communal-hatred |access-date=2024-07-12 |website=Scroll.in |language=en-US}}</ref> Organizations such as [[Human Rights Watch|Human rights watch]] condemned this islamophobic campaign.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-05-01|title=CoronaJihad is Only the Latest Manifestation: Islamophobia in India has Been Years in the Making|url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/05/01/coronajihad-only-latest-manifestation-islamophobia-india-has-been-years-making|access-date=2020-12-21|website=Human Rights Watch|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|title=It Was Already Dangerous To Be Muslim in India. Then Came the Coronavirus|url=https://time.com/5815264/coronavirus-india-islamophobia-coronajihad/|access-date=2020-12-21|magazine=Time}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last1=Gettleman|first1=Jeffrey|last2=Schultz|first2=Kai|last3=Raj|first3=Suhasini|date=2020-04-12|title=In India, Coronavirus Fans Religious Hatred|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/12/world/asia/india-coronavirus-muslims-bigotry.html|access-date=2020-12-21|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

==== Attacks on Muslims ====
Hindu extremists blocked Muslim vegetable vendors from selling their produce. A Muslim couple was blocked from entering hospital before taking corona test. Muslims across India were attacked in the name of COVID-19 surge.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Menon|first=Aditya|date=2020-04-07|title=Attacks on Muslims in the Name of COVID-19 Surge Across India|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/india/coronavirus-muslims-attacked-covid19-karnataka-haryana|access-date=2020-12-16|website=TheQuint|language=en}}</ref> Tamil Nadu became first Indian state for setting up detention centers for 129 foreign nationals who had stayed in Nizammuddin center at Delhi. All cases were based on anti-Islamic sentiments and based on facts or evidences.<ref>{{Cite web|title=COVID, Communal Reporting and Centre's Attempt to Use Independent Media as Alibi for Inaction|url=https://thewire.in/communalism/tablighi-jamaat-communal-reporting-ib-ministry-coronavirus|access-date=2020-12-16|website=The Wire}}</ref>

====Action against Aaj Tak ====
Between 4 and 5 April 2020, TV channel [[Aaj Tak]] had broadcast reports about Tablighi Jamaat. A complaint was filed with the News Broadcasting Standards Authority (NBSA) in which Aaj Tak was accused of intending to "develop hatred in the minds of the people against a particular community" during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in India]]. On 16 June 2021, the NBSA directed that Aaj Tak's broadcasts be taken down from all Internet platforms that linked a COVID-19 outbreak with Tablighi Jamaat in 2020, citing potential "errors in the figures telecast". The NBSA said that the media has "complete freedom to report on the Covid pandemic", but "such reporting must be done with accuracy, impartiality and neutrality", and added "NBSA noted that the broadcaster had admitted that there may have been chances that there were some miscalculations as pointed out by the complaint, which were inadvertent, and the broadcaster had no intention to communalize the issue or malign any community."<ref name="Tablighi Jamaat">{{cite news |last1=Team |first1=N. L. |date=25 June 2021 |title=NBSA directs Aaj Tak to remove certain Tablighi Jamaat broadcasts from website, YouTube |url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2021/06/25/nbsa-directs-aaj-tak-to-remove-certain-tablighi-jamaat-broadcasts-from-website-youtube |access-date=3 August 2022 |work=Newslaundry}}</ref>

===Reactions===
Union Minister for Minority Affairs [[Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi]] urged people to not hold the entire Muslim community for the "crime" of one group.<ref>{{cite web|title=Entire Muslim community can't be held responsible for one group's 'crime': Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Tablighi Jamaat row|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/entire-muslim-community-cant-be-held-responsible-for-one-groups-crime-mukhtar-abbas-naqvi-on-tablighi-jamaat-row/articleshow/75319334.cms|date=23 April 2020|work=The Times of India}}</ref> However, he further criticized the Tablighi Jamaat for organizing the events.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tablighi Jamaat is a Talibani crime, not negligence: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/tablighi-jamaat-is-a-talibani-crime-not-negligence-mukhtar-abbas-naqvi/articleshow/74940835.cms|last1=Venugopal|first1=Vasudha|date=2 April 2020|newspaper=[[The Economic Times]]|access-date=1 May 2020}}</ref>

Responding to the spate of attacks on Muslims in Karnataka in the wake of Tablighi event, Chief Minister [[B.S. Yediyurappa]] issued a stern warning, stating, "The entire Muslim community cannot be held responsible for an isolated incident that happens somewhere. I've given strict orders that action must be taken against the people responsible for violence against Muslims."<ref>{{cite web|title=Karnataka C.M. issues stern warning against attacks on Muslims|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/dispatches/article31287816.ece|last1=Ahmed Sayeed|first1=Vikhar|date=8 April 2020|work=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref>

Maharashtra Home Minister [[Anil Deshmukh]] criticised the [[Delhi Police]] for inaction. He questioned why the Tabligh event at Nizamuddin was allowed to go ahead.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Deshpande |first1=Alok |title=Maharashtra denied permission for Ijtema near Mumbai in mid-March |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/maharashtra-denied-permission-for-jamaat-event-in-march/article31241107.ece |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=2 April 2020 |access-date=2 May 2020}}</ref> Former Maharashtra Chief Minister [[Devendra Fadnavis]] criticized the Tablighi Jamaat attendees and demanded their tracking and screening.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Press Trust of India |title=Tablighi returnees from Delhi are like human bombs, says Devendra Fadnavis |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/tablighi-returnees-from-delhi-are-like-human-bombs-says-devendra-fadnavis/story-kjn8IuVuaVkywt2IjcOBFI.html |work=Hindustan Times |date=8 April 2020 |access-date=2 May 2020|author1-link=Press Trust of India }}</ref> The incumbent Maharashtra Chief Minister [[Uddhav Thackeray]] warned against communalising the fight against coronavirus, saying, "This COVID-19 sees no religion".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Srinivasan |first1=Chandrashekar |title="Didn't Let What Happened in Delhi...": Uddhav Thackeray On Mosque Event |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/coronavirus-lockdown-india-covid19-sees-no-religion-uddhav-thackerays-warning-as-virus-spreads-2206130 |website=[[NDTV India]] |publisher=NDTV.com |access-date=2 May 2020}}</ref>

Gujarat Chief Minister [[Vijay Rupani]] blamed the Tablighi Jamaat event for the sharp rise in the number of coronavirus cases in the state.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Web Desk |first1=India Today |title=At E-Agenda Aaj Tak, Rupani fourth BJP CM to blame Tablighi Jamaat for Covid-19 surge |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/coronavirus-outbreak/story/e-agenda-aaj-tak-vijay-rupani-tablighi-jamaat-covid-19-1673639-2020-05-02 |work=India Today |access-date=26 May 2020}}</ref> However, the opposition Congress blamed [[Namaste Trump]] event organised by the state BJP government on 24 February as principal reason for the spread of coronavirus in the state and demanded an independent probe by a [[Special Investigation Team]] (SIT) into the matter.<ref>{{cite news |title=Covid-19: Congress blames 'Namaste Trump' event for 800 deaths in Gujarat, BJP calls it 'baseless' |url=https://scroll.in/latest/962954/covid-19-congress-blames-namaste-trump-event-for-800-deaths-in-gujarat-bjp-calls-it-baseless |work=scroll.in}}</ref> On 24 February, US President [[Donald Trump]] along with Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] took part in a road show in Ahmedabad which was attended by thousands of people.<ref>{{cite news |title=Namaste Trump event to blame for over 800 coronavirus deaths in Gujarat: Congress |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/namaste-trump-event-blame-coronavirus-deaths-gujarat-congress-1681848-2020-05-26 |work=Indiatoday.in}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title="Namaste Trump" Event Spread Coronavirus in Gujarat: State Congress |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/namaste-trump-event-spread-coronavirus-in-gujarat-state-congress-2224387 |website=[[NDTV India]] |publisher=NDTV.com |access-date=26 May 2020}}</ref>

[[Michael J. Ryan (doctor)|Michael Ryan]], executive director of the [[World Health Organization]]'s Health Disaster Program, said in response to a question regarding the incident that patients infected with coronavirus should not be classified on the basis of race, religion or opinion.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-04-09 |title=Delhi Minorities Commission asks Health Department to drop mention of Tablighi Jamaat from COVID-19 charts |work=Business Standard India |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/delhi-minorities-commission-asks-health-department-to-drop-mention-of-tablighi-jamaat-from-covid-19-charts-120040901930_1.html |access-date=2022-10-05}}</ref>

Princess [[Hend bint Faisal Al-Qasimi]], a member of the royal family of the [[United Arab Emirates]], called out a series of "Islamophobic posts" on Twitter which targeted the Tablighi Jamaat's congregation and linked it to the spread of coronavirus in India.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Krishnan |first1=Revathi |title='Will not go unnoticed': UAE royal slams posts by man who abused Tablighis over Delhi event |url=https://theprint.in/world/will-not-go-unnoticed-uae-royal-slams-posts-by-man-who-abused-tablighis-over-delhi-event/402873/ |website=The Print |date=16 April 2020 |publisher=TP |access-date=25 April 2021}}</ref>

The Tamil Nadu BJP spokesman Narayanan Thirupathy thanked the Tablighi attendees who donated their plasma, on behalf of his party.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Express News Service |title=BJP welcomes Tablighi participants' wish to donate plasma |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2020/apr/22/bjp-welcomes-tablighi-participants-wish-to-donate-plasma-2133574.html |website=[[The New Indian Express]] |access-date=11 May 2020}}</ref>

The Uttar Pradesh state government filed an FIR against [[Siddharth Varadarajan]] and [[The Wire (India)|The Wire]] for a report on the spread of coronavirus post the Jamaat congregation while recalling UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's plans, as late as 18 March, to proceed with a religious fair at Ayodhya and his flouting of the national lockdown and social distancing norms by taking part in a religious ceremony along with others on 25 March. More than 4,600 jurists, academics, actors, artists, writers and people from all walks of life endorsed a statement expressing shock at the action of the Uttar Pradesh government. These included two former Chiefs of Naval Staff, Admiral [[Laxminarayan Ramdas|Ramdas]], and Admiral [[Vishnu Bhagwat]] who have also signed the statement, along with [[Yashwant Sinha]], former external affairs and finance minister of India.<ref>{{cite web |title=4,600+ Jurists, Scholars, Actors, Artists, Writers Condemn UP Police's Charges Against The Wire |url=https://thewire.in/rights/the-wire-siddharth-varadarajan-up-police-fir |website=The Wire |publisher=TW |access-date=25 April 2021}}</ref>

Editors of the [[English Wikipedia]] deleted and later restored an entry about the incident called "2020 Tablighi Jamaat coronavirus hotspot in Delhi", which project co-founder [[Jimmy Wales]] said "was incredibly poorly written and had zero sources".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Chitra|first=Rachel|title=On Wikipedia, Quora & Twitter, battle rages against communalisation of Covid-19, Jamaat event|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/on-wikipedia-quora-twitter-battle-rages-against-communalisation-of-covid-19-jamaat-event/articleshow/75287309.cms|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200423205800/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/on-wikipedia-quora-twitter-battle-rages-against-communalisation-of-covid-19-jamaat-event/articleshow/75287309.cms|archive-date=23 April 2020|access-date=22 April 2020|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=22 April 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Jena|first1=Smrutisnat|date=19 April 2020|title=Wikipedia Founder Responds To Angry Indians Who Ask Him If He Knows How Wikipedia Works|language=en|work=[[ScoopWhoop]]|url=https://www.scoopwhoop.com/news/wikipedia-founder-responds-to-indians-asking-him-if-he-read-wikipedia/|url-status=live|access-date=22 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200423205801/https://www.scoopwhoop.com/news/wikipedia-founder-responds-to-indians-asking-him-if-he-read-wikipedia/|archive-date=23 April 2020}}</ref> Wales responded to accusations on Twitter stating that [[Wikipedia]] did not accept payment for the article's deletion.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Gaur|first1=Viraj|date=18 April 2020|title=Twitter Users Accuse Wikipedia of Taking Bribes, Founder Responds|work=[[The Quint]]|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/india/wikipedia-founder-responds-to-allegations-of-taking-money-to-delete-article-on-tablighi-jamaat|url-status=live|access-date=22 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200422044635/https://www.thequint.com/news/india/wikipedia-founder-responds-to-allegations-of-taking-money-to-delete-article-on-tablighi-jamaat|archive-date=22 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=19 April 2020|title=Wikipedia's befitting reply to 'bribe to delete Tablighi' page|url=https://www.siasat.com/wikipedias-befitting-reply-bribe-delete-tablighi-page-1876290/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200419090621/https://www.siasat.com/wikipedias-befitting-reply-bribe-delete-tablighi-page-1876290/|archive-date=19 April 2020|access-date=22 April 2020|website=[[The Siasat Daily]]|language=en-GB}}</ref>

A reference book for the second year MBBS students published in 2021 in Maharashtra had been withdrawn after objections were raised over some part its contents that allegedly linked the Tablighi Jamaat's congregation in New Delhi to the outbreak of coronavirus in India. The authors tendered an apology for linking the two events.<ref>{{cite web |title=MBBS book that linked Tablighi event to COVID-19 outbreak withdrawn |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2021/mar/19/mbbs-book-that-linked-tablighi-event-to-covid-19-outbreak-withdrawn-2278722.html |website=The New Indian Express |publisher=TNIE |access-date=21 April 2021}}</ref> This follows a representation by the [[Students Islamic Organisation of India]] (SIO).<ref>{{cite web |title=Authors of MBBS book linking Tablighi Jamaat to Covid-19 spike promise revision |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/education/competitive-exams/authors-of-mbbs-book-linking-tablighi-jamaat-to-covid-19-spike-promise-revision-101616133259889.html |website=Hindustan Times |date=19 March 2021 |publisher=HT |access-date=21 April 2021}}</ref>

In November 2021, Delhi High Court reprimanded Delhi Police for failing to prove any offence committed in their initial status report, and reminding the Police that since a nationwide lockdown was imposed, giving Jamaat members a shelter to stay was not a crime and a humane step.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ahsan |first1=Sofi |title='What is the offence committed?': Delhi HC asks police on those who provided shelter to Tablighis |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/what-is-offence-committed-delhi-hc-police-on-those-who-provided-shelter-to-tablighis-7619633/ |access-date=15 November 2021 |agency=Indian Express |date=12 November 2021}}</ref>

Maharashtra Minister [[Aslam Shaikh]] said the same people who accused the Tablighi Jamaat of spreading COVID-19 in the country have allowed thousands of people to gather at Kumbh Mela.<ref>{{cite web |title='They are same people who defamed Tablighi Jamaat': Maharashtra minister slams Kumbh Mela amid COVID-19 surge |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/they-are-same-people-who-defamed-tablighi-jamaat-maharashtra-minister-slams-kumbh-mela-amid-covid-19-surge/744343 |website=Times Now Digital |date=12 April 2021 |publisher=Times Now |access-date=25 April 2021}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[2020 Tablighi Jamaat COVID-19 hotspot in Malaysia]]
* [[2020 Tablighi Jamaat COVID-19 hotspot in Pakistan]]
* [[COVID-19 pandemic in India]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|https://www.delhimarkaz.com/|name=Official website of the Nizamuddin Markaz}}

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