Will allow reopening of Nizamuddin Markaz for Ramzan: Delhi Police to HC

Delhi Police on Thursday informed the Delhi High Court that it will allow reopening of Nizamuddin Markaz to enable devotees to offer prayers during Ramzan as it is closed since March 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. A Tablighi Jamaat congregation was organized. Delhi Police’s counsel said this before Justice Jasmeet Singh, who will hear on April 1 the Delhi Waqf Board’s application for opening of mosques during Shab-e-Barat and Ramzan. The application was filed in the board’s 2021 petition, which sought the reopening of the premises on the ground that religious places were allowed to open even after the Unlock-1 guidelines, the Markaz – which has a mosque with bangles. , Madrasa Kashif-ul-. Uloom, and the attached hostel – is locked.

The High Court had on March 16 allowed the reopening of three floors of Nizamuddin Markaz for Shab-e-Barat subject to various conditions. The High Court had earlier asked the petitioner through advocate Wakih Shafiq to file an application before the SHO of Hazrat Nizamuddin Police Station, seeking permission to open the other three floors of Nizamuddin Markaz so that devotees can offer prayers during the two occasions. Can pay In a letter addressed to the petitioner, the Delhi Police said that the mosque would be allowed to open on the same terms and conditions that were prescribed by the High Court while allowing prayers to be offered on the occasion of Shab-e-Barat. In the communication, the police also asked the board to reinstall the missing CCTV cameras at the entrance of the complex and put up a notice board specifying the conditions for the entry of foreign devotees. It had removed the restriction of 100-person limit on a single floor and said it has been agreed that the management of the mosque will ensure that the COVID-19 protocols are followed while allowing devotees to enter the mosque to offer prayers. And social distancing will be followed. The petitioner’s senior lawyers and the managing committee of the mosque had then highlighted that the Delhi Police was silent on the arrangements to be made during Ramzan. Delhi Police’s counsel had said that after Shab-e-Barat, the modalities of Ramzan will be worked out.