Bound for their homes, Tablighis talk of waiting children, fight for justice At the Narela temporary detention facility, they locked us from outside, while providing what we needed, like food, medicines. At another place, we were kept in rooms that turned into furnaces during the summer, but at least we could move around. Updated: December 20, 2020 7:54:34 am
The Tablighi members were booked for allegedly flouting Covid norms. Archive
On the surface, the Tablighi Jamaat members appear content looking forward to going home and meeting their loved ones. But a gentle prodding brings forth the anguish, of spending nearly a year in a foreign land, while facing public vilification, accusations of spreading a pandemic, and a long court trial, before finally being exonerated.