Jharkhand: Quarantine center hangs out, tribesmen make 3 women pregnant

Ranchi Dated 23rd July 2020 Thursday

In Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand, a shocking story was found about the people of Tablighi Jamaat. The quarantine center was turned into a den of immorality by the Tablighi community, resulting in three Tablighi women becoming pregnant. All three women are foreigners. The local administration was shocked when the incident came to light.

The government's argument is that the reason for keeping these people in the quarantine center was to maintain social distance. If three foreign women became pregnant, it meant that these people violated social discrimination. Now the Ranchi district deputy commissioner had ordered an inquiry into the whole incident. He assigned an additional collector to investigate the incident. This additional collector will inquire the administrator of the quarantine center under what circumstances the social distance was violated.

Meanwhile, senior advocates of the Jharkhand High Court had opined that if women became pregnant during quarantine, they had violated the Epidemic Diseases Act 2020 and could be prosecuted under Section 2 (3) of the Act. A case of negligence will also be filed against the administrator of the quarantine center.

It is pertinent to mention here that legal action was taken against 17 foreign Tablighi tribesmen in Ranchi for violating visa rules and not following the lockdown rules. They were arrested and shifted to Khelgaon Quarantine Center. All of them have been in the quarantine center since March 30. From there, on May 20, all of them were sent to Birsa Munda Central Jail. The Jharkhand High Court granted bail to the men and when they came out of the Central Jail, they found out that three foreign women were pregnant.

Seventeen of the seventeen Tablighi tribesmen are still in Ranchi after being released from jail. Nine of these men live together in one house while four couples live in another place.