Muslim group leader charged with 'culpable homicide' over Covid-19 spread

India charges Muslim missionary group's head with culpable homicide for holding a gathering last month during lockdown

Men belonging to the Tablighi Jamaat group escorted by a police officer walk to board a special service bus taking them to a quarantine facility amid Covid-19 spread in Nizamuddin area of New Delhi on March 31, 2020.

The Indian media is painting Muslims in general, and the group in particular, as villains in the battle against Covid-19. Authorities accuse Kandhalvi of violating social distancing guidelines despite the lockdown orders by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.In the coronavirus hot spot of Delhi, 1,080 of its 1,561 cases were linked to the group's gathering, according to the city government data on Wednesday.

Officials have rejected suggestions they were unfairly targeting the Muslim community, but said they had to rebuke the group because it had behaved irresponsibly by ignoring social-distancing rules.

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