It took half a decade and a maze of court hearings for 70 Muslim men to be cleared of various charges filed in 16 FIRs, ranging from violating COVID orders to spreading infection. On 17 July, the Delhi High Court finally closed the cases, calling them an “abuse of power” and “not in the interest of justice.” But for those accused, life came to a standstill. Branded as “super spreaders of COVID-19” and accused of waging “Corona Jihad,” they spent five years under the shadow of FIRs, court proceedings, and public suspicion. Watch this ground report to know what transpired in the last 5 years.
Tablighi case over, but 5 yrs of stigma linger-‘Did it happen because I am a Muslim?’
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