All the 21 foreign nationals were apprehended from Mumbra, Maharashtra. (PTI picture for representation)

A senior police inspector, who held 21 foreign nationals and also the Tablighi Jamaat members, in Mumbra, Maharashtra has tested positive for coronavirus. The police inspector had led an operation to apprehend the 21 foreign nationals in Mumbra after the Tablighi Jammat event at Nizamuddin area in Delhi amid the coronavirus outbreak.

During the operation, the senior police inspector apprehended 13 Bangladeshi nationals and eight Malaysian nationals who had attended the Delhi event of Tablighi Jamaat in March.

The 21 foreign nationals had travelled to Tamil Nadu and then to Mumbra in Maharashtra and had been in hiding since then in a mosque and a school.

Despite the government advisory and appeal, they did not appear before the authorities. The Mumbra police had also registered two offences against the mosque and the school trustees for giving shelter to the foreign nationals and not informing authorities.

After apprehending the Tablighi Jamaat members in Mumbra, the inspector made sure all the 21 foreign nationals and trustees were quarantined in a facility and tested for coronavirus.

Soon after, the police inspector started showing symptoms of Covid-19 and was tested for it. The test results arrived on Friday. He is presently admitted to the Apollo Hospital in Nashik.