New Delhi, April 1 -- The preacher, who led the Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Delhi and others, have been booked for violating the Government orders and exposing many to the threat of coronavirus.

The Delhi Police said it has registered a First Information Report (FIR) against Maulana Saad and other members of Tablighi Jamaat under the Epidemic Disease Act, 1897 and relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code for violation of Government directions in wake of coronavirus outbreak.

Earlier, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal described the congregation at Markaz Talbighi Jamaat at Hazarat Nizamuddin a criminal act. Kejriwal wrote to Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal to file an FIR against the organisers.

The CM said 1,107 people who atte...