New Delhi: The Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath directed the officials to book cases against those who are assaulting and obscene behaviour on nurses at a hospital in Ghaziabad. He described them as “enemies of humanity”.

Some members of the Islamic missionary sect Tableeghi Jamaat, which organised a religious gathering in Delhi, linked to hundreds of Covid- 19 cases, face charges under the National Security Act (NSA).

Speaking to the media persons Yogi Adityanath said that “They will not follow the law, nor will they accept order. They are the enemies of humanity, what they have done with women healthcare providers is a heinous crime. We are invoking the National Security Act against them, we will not spare them”. “An incident like Indore where doctors were attacked should not be seen anywhere in the state. For this, we will take whatever action is required by law,” he said.

According to the complaint of Chief Medical Officer, MMG Hospital to police the Tableeghi members, quarantined at Ghaziabad, have been accused of endangering staff by violating Covid- 19 precautions. They passed lewd comments, roamed about without clothes in the isolation ward, used expletives, refused medicine and kept asking for beedis and cigarettes.

In Ghaziabad, officials have tracked down 136 who attended the religious gathering last month at Markaz Nizamuddin, the Delhi headquarters of Tableeghi Jamaat, which is a major Covid- 19 hotspot linked to nearly 650 cases and 12 deaths. Six of them had symptoms of Covid- 19 and were admitted to MMG hospital on March 31. One tested positive.

As per the source of the Medical Officer “My staff complained many times, I spoke to the patients but they refused to listen. Finally our staff said they cannot work under such circumstances, we were compelled to send a written complaint to the police”. An FIR charges the Tableeghi members with assault or criminal force on women, obscenity and “malignant behavior likely to spread infection”.