The coronavirus cases in India are creating new records daily as the cases surge in the country and India is slowly opening-up. India stands at 4th position globally just behind the USA, Brazil and Russia. The situation is looking tough and now scary news is coming in from Assam.
In Assam’s Nagaon district, thousand of people attended the funeral of a well-known preacher—the father of a legislator, Khairul Islam. He was the vice-president of the All India Jamiat Ulema and an “Aamir-e-Shariat” for the Northeast. The funeral prayer gathering was held at his native place in Nagaon on the afternoon of July 2. Islam was 87.
The officials are now in a state of shock and had completely lockdown three villages as they fear the spread of Coronavirus. The lockdown is done for 7 days. District administration officials fear that at least 10,000 people were in attendance including the high-profile public leader.
Here is the video from the funeral prayer.
Sir @himantabiswa Please take action on them. Huge crowd during the funeral of religious leader Mufti Khairul Islam, No Social distacing, No Mask pic.twitter.com/cQ2SaiIXBF
— Akshay Singh (@iakshaysinghel) July 3, 2020
Saikia speaking to The Sunday Express told:
“There were no law and order issues in the gathering. But the gatherers violated the ongoing pandemic laws regarding the gathering, social distancing, wearing masks, etc. The cases are not against any individual but against violators. We will investigate the case and proceed as per law.”
MLA Aminul Islam son of Khairul Islam told The Sunday Express:
“My father was a very renowned figure and had a very large following. We had communicated to the administration about the death and the funeral. Accordingly, to limit the number of participants, the police also asked many vehicles to revert back. But still, people found ways to turn up.”
Assam is the worst-hit Northeaststate with more than 11,000 COVID-19 cases. At one or the other place, the gatherings are going on this will only more the situation more serious.
