New Delhi: As many as 197 foreign nationals, who are being investigated in connection with the Tablighi Jamaat case, have not submitted their passports to the crime branch of Delhi Police, which is probing the case.
The sources said that the foreign nationals informed them that they have "lost their passports" but it was also found that no one had reported the loss to the police.
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The Delhi Police, which on Tuesday, filed 20 charge sheets in the Saket court against 82 foreign nationals of 20 different countries in connection with the Tablighi Jamaat case, would now investigate the lost passports case as well.
"These foreign nationals had entered India on tourist visas and participated in the Markaz illegally. In addition to violating the provisions of visas, these foreign nationals also led to a situation where a highly infectious disease such as Covid-19 infection spread and threatened the lives of the inmates and the general public at large," the Crime Branch said after filing the charge sheets.
The case in this regard was registered on March 31. More than 900 foreign nationals who are accused in this case belong to 34 different countries.
The 82 foreign nationals against whom the charge sheets have been filed belong to Afghanistan, Brazil, China, the US, Ukraine, Australia, Egypt, Russia, Algeria, Belgium, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, France, Morocco, Kazakhstan, Tunisia, UK, Fiji, Sudan and the Philippines.
