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People from Pune who attended Nizamuddin gathering identified

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Press Trust of India Pune

Some people from Pune who had

attended a religious congregation in New Delhi's Nizamuddin area had been traced and were being placed under quarantine, a police official said here on Tuesday night.

Some of them were from neighbouring Pimpri-Chinchwad, he said.

"So far none of them has any coronavirus symptoms," said the senior police official on the condition of anonymity.

The gathering at Markaz Nizamuddin, the Delhi headquarters of the Tabligh-e-Jamaat, was held earlier this month. The Delhi government on Tuesday said 24 people, who took part in the congregation, have tested positive for coronavirus.

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First Published: Mar 31 2020 | 11:50 PM IST

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