The ministry said the Rohingyas residing in camps in Hyderabad had attended Tablighi Jamaat 'Ijtema' at Haryana's Mewat, and had also attended the meet at national capital's Nizamuddin New Delhi: The government on Friday asked all the states and Union Territories to conduct coronavirus screening of Rohingya Muslim refugees who attended the religious congregations of the Tablighi Jamaat.
Official sources told IANS that the Union Home Ministry issued the direction after intelligence agencies reported to the government that Rohingyas living in camps at various places had attended the religious congregations of the Tablighi Jamaat, the Islamic missionary which became a 'super-spreader' of the Covid-19 infection in the country.