Over 100 foreign nationals from Sudan, Kenya, Djibouti, Indonesia, Thailand, Kazakhstan, Bangladesh etc have been booked under the Foreigners Act in Meerut, Saharanpur, Hapur, Bulandshahr and Shamli districts.
Abdul Ahmad was the father-in-law of Ikramul Hasan, the first Corona positive case reported in Meerut who transmitted the virus to many others during his stay with his in-laws here including the deceased.
These Jamaties are from Sudan, Djibouti and Kenya. Their stay here was undisclosed in spite of the Corona scare.
Eight fresh cases were tested positive on Sunday night after which the decision to seal the areas from where they have been reported was taken up by the district administration.
After the 21-day lockdown was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in view of the Coronavirus pandemic, the couple was asked to leave by their employer in Saharanpur who did not even consider the fact that the woman was expecting her delivery in a month’s time.
As soon as the news regarding the death of Jamati due to Corona in Kashmir reached here the police and health department immediately swung into action on Friday and sealed the Mohamadia mosque in Khanka locality.
The decision came followed by the request of BJP MP from Meerut Rajendra Aggarwal that he had raised before the I &B minister through a letter written on Wednesday.
The person who tested positive had returned from Dubai and was quarantined at his home.
In the suicide note recovered by the police, 30-year-old Sushil Kumar wrote that he is committing suicide because of being infected with Coronavirus.
A proposal in this regard has been sent to the state government and if it is accepted the final testing for the Corona suspected samples would be done right here.
