BARPETA, March 31 - The sensational religious congregation at Nizamuddin in Delhi has cast a gloomy shadow over Barpeta district as several persons of the district had participated in this religious event.
According to information available, seven to eight people from several parts of the district attended Tabligh-e-Jamaat � a religious event in Nizamuddin, West Delhi, held earlier this month. The persons mostly fall under Tarabari and Barpeta police stations.
While contacted, the Superintendent of Police, Barpeta, informed that he had confirmed participation of five persons from the district and they have not returned from Delhi yet.
Whatever may be the number, it has become crystal clear that several persons from Batpeta and neighbouring Nalbari and Baksa districts had attended the event.
As reports of coronavirus positive cases are pouring in from Nizamuddin-related event, people here have become apprehensive of a probable disaster in the thickly-populated area of the State.
