Maulana Saad replies to Delhi Police notice, calls coronavirus cases a 'coincidence'

New Delhi : Nizamuddin's Tablighi Jamaat chief Maulana Mohd. Saad Kandhalvi confirmed that the crime branch of Delhi Police has issued a notice against him.

Maulana Saad's son and Jamaat Committee member Mohd. Yusuf Saad gave a written statement to IANS on Friday. According to him the statement has been drafted in consultation with Maulana Saad.

"Media reports about the Jamaat headquarters since March 31 are only a part of conspiracy and attempt to defame the Markaz. Tablighi Jamaat doesn't have any connection with any political party," the statement read with the acceptance that the crime branch has registered a case against Maulana saad. 

Meanwhile, Maulana Saad in his written statement has tagged the positive cases of coronavirus in Jamaat guests as a mere 'coincidence'.

"This is a co-incidence. As soon as we got to know about the coronavirus, we banned the entry of guests in the headquarters. We have a record of every guest. The Jamaat headquarters made all possible efforts to send back all the guests to their homes," Maulana Saad said in his statement.

The statement further read: "Soon after the Prime Minister declared complete lockdown on the midnight of March 24 following the Janata Curfew, the government machinery had stopped the event organised at the Jamaat headquarters. The event was postponed for undeclared time. In the last few days, all people who have attended the event, whether they are Indians or foreigners, have been evacuated. They have either been quarantined at various places or been hospitalised".

According to the statement, "FIR number 63/2020 has been filed with the New Delhi Crime Branch and a notice has been served against this under Section-91 of CrPC. The crime branch has asked for all documentary evidences in this notice".