6 Thai nationals get interim bail

08/05/2020, LEGAL CORRESPONDENT,CHENNAI

The Madras High Court on Wednesday granted interim bail to six Thai nationals arrested by the Erode police on April 9 on charges of having spread COVID-19 to many people by indulging in a religious propagation, though they had visited the country only on a tourist visa.

Justice G.K. Ilanthiraiyan granted bail to them for eight weeks on condition that they should stay in Chennai till further orders and their place of stay should be informed to the Commissioner of Greater Chennai Corporation so that they remain under monitoring. According to the prosecution, an FIR was registered against the six persons after the complainant, tahsildar Parimaladevi, informed the police that the accused had come to India with another person in March. They had stayed in some of the mosques in Erode town and indulged in propagating their religion. Though two of them tested positive, they continued their activities.