Coronavirus: Tablighi Jamaat attendees misbehave with staffers, spit at doctors at Delhi quarantine units

Some of the participants of Tablighi Jamaat, who have put up in quarantine facility in the national capital, have been misbehaving with health care staff and spat at the doctors and nurses.

The Delhi Government has evacuated 2500 occupants from Nizamuddin Markaz and put them in different quarantine facilities in different parts in the city. Around 170 people have housed at two quarantine facilities of the Northern Railway in Tughlaqbad on Wednesday.

However, in both places, occupants are misbehaving and pick a quarrel with health care officials.

"Occupants were unruly since morning&made unreasonable demand for food items. They misbehaved&abused staff at Quarantine Centre. Also, they started spitting all over&on persons working/attending them incl doctors. They also started roaming around hostel building," said Deepak Kumar, CPRO, Northern Railway.

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They also not following the instructions from the health authorities.

On the request from the railway authorities, the district magistrate of South Delhi has deployed CPRF force at both the place.

No situation came to control and Delhi Government officials are closely monitoring them.

Officials claimed that during shifting them from Nizamuddin to their quarantine facilities in a bus, they were spitting on the road. Then, the security officials who were following the buses were instructed them to close all the windows of the buses.