Chandigarh (Haryana): Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij on Monday said that 107 foreign nationals who had attended the congregation of Tablighi Jammat in New Delhi, were sent to jail on Monday.
These foreigners are mostly from Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indonesia and Thailand. They had attended a religious congregation, which was held between March 12-15 in New Delhi's Nizamuddin area.
According to the Indian Constitution, they will be sent to their respective countries after completing their punishment.
While talking about the migrant workers, he said that he has asked state DGP Manoj Yadav to ensure that lathi-charge or force is not used on migrant workers and senior officials should visit the spot and resolve the situation if there was a need.
Police in Yamunanagar on Saturday had resorted to mild lathi-charge to disperse migrant labourers who were going on foot and cycles towards their native state Uttar Pradesh from Punjab and Haryana.
"I have instructed the State DGP to ensure that no force is used on migrants. If Yamunanagar like incident occurs then the officials should reach the spot to pacify the situation," Vij told to media. He said that Haryana government will send back the migrants to their native places if the concerned states government gives them 'no-objection certificate'.
"If the concerned states give us NOC, we will send the migrants to their homes within four days. The difficulty is that states are not accepting them. We understand the situation of states as well since quarantining, testing and arranging food is not easy. However, it is the duty of states to facilitate migrants and help them to go back to homes," he added.
(With inputs from ANI)
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