Tablighi Jamaat Case: Bombay HC Sqashes FIR, says Foreign Attendees Made Scapegoat

New Delhi: In a major embarassment to the Government, the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court today made it clear that the foreign nationals, who had attended the Tablighi Jamaat event held in Delhi in March this year, were made “scapegoats”.

The bench in its order noted that there was a big propaganda against the foreigners who had come to the Markaz in Delhi. “A political government tries to find the scapegoat when there is pandemic or calamity and the circumstances show that there is probability that these foreigners were chosen to make them a scapegoat,” the court said in its order.

“The propaganda against the so-called religious activity (Tablighi Jamaat) was unwarranted. The activity was going on for more than 50 years and it is there throughout the year,” it added.

The bench further noted that many Muslims from across the world come to India and visit the Markaz Masjid in Delhi as they are attracted to the reform movement of Tablighi Jamat.