After 2-year hiatus, Nizamuddin Markaz reopens for Shab-e-Barat
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Nizamuddin Markaz reopened for two days to allow devotees to offer prayers on Shab-e-Barat. The Markaz was closed due to an alleged violation of Covid norms in 2020.
Two years after it was shut due to alleged violation of Covid norms, the Nizamuddin Markaz here reopened on Thursday for two days to allow devotees to offer prayers on Shab-e-Barat.
The Delhi High Court had on Wednesday allowed the reopening of three floors of the markaz, saying the management of the mosque will ensure that COVID-19 protocols are followed by the visitors.
According to police, the doors of the Markaz were opened at around 12.30 pm.
"The doors of the Markaz were opened by police today in accordance with the high court order," said Fuzail Ahmed Ayubi, the counsel of management committee of the markaz.
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Nizamuddin Markaz was at the centre of a controversy in March 2020 when after several people who attended a congregation held by Tablighi Jammat there contracted COVID-19. The markaz was shut thereafter.
In its order, the court noted that the ground floor and three other floors of the mosque building will be opened at 12 pm one day prior to Shab-e-Barat, which is on March 18, and will be closed the next day at 4 pm.
