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COVID-19: Over 10,000 attend preachers funeral in Assam, three villages sealed

July 6, 2020, 12:32 AM

Sneha Shah | Nagaon

Three villages in Nagaon district of Assam have been sealed after thousands attended the funeral of a well-known preacher Khairul Islam Mufti on July 2 amid COVID-19 lockdown. Mufti was the vice president of the All India Jamiat Ulema and Amir-e-Shairat for the Northeast.

As per district administration, more that 10,000 people were present during the funeral. The incident came to light, after the preachers Islams son, Aminul Islam, an MLA of the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) from Nagaons Dhing area uploaded the photos of mass gathering on his social media handle.

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According to Nagaon Deputy Commissioner Jadav Saikia, two police cases have been filed. The first case has been registered by the police and another case has been filed by a magistrate. Saikia told a daily: There were no law and order issues in the gathering. But the gatherers violated the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic laws in accord with the huge gathering, ignoring social distancing and not wearing masks, etc. The cases are not against any individual but against violators at large. We will investigate the case and proceed as per law.

Aminul told a daily that his father was a very renowned figure and had a very large following. The family had communicated to the administration about the death and the funeral. Accordingly, to limit the number of participants, the, police had also asked many vehicles to revert back, however, people still found ways to turn up, he said.

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Active COVID cases near 30,000 mark in Nagpur

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4 years ago

January 25, 2022

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur’s COVID-19 tally, on Tuesday, January 25, reached 5,43,064 (till 5 pm) as 4028 (972 from rural and 2956 from city) new cases were recorded in a single day.

Also, active COVID cases, as on Tuesday, could be seen inching closer to 30,000 mark in the district.

Six people lost their lives (one from rural and five from city) on Tuesday. Till now, 10,183 people have lost their lives due to COVID-19 in the district. Total tests taken were 11,377.

While patients who recovered on Tuesday were 2519, the total number of recovered patients stood at 503729.

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Nagpur reports 90 COVID cases in past 24 hours

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4 years ago

January 2, 2022

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur’s COVID-19 tally on Sunday, January 2 reached 4,94,193 (till 5 pm) as 90 (73 city, nine rural) more people tested positive for the virus.

Also, five patients recovered on Sunday taking the number of recoveries to 4,83,664.

Till now, 10123 people have lost their lives due to COVID in the district. As of now, there are 406 active COVID patients in the district.

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ALARMING! Nagpur reports 88 COVID cases in past 24 hours

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4 years ago

December 31, 2021

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur registered 88 (81 from city) new COVID-19 positive cases on Friday, December 31. Nagpur previously had recorded as minimum as six cases on December 24.