The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay high court has said that the foreign nationals, who had attended the Tablighi Jamaat event held in Delhi in March this year, were made "scapegoats" and allegations were levelled that they were responsible for spreading Covid-19 in the country. The bench also noted that while the Maharashtra police acted mechanically in the case, the state government acted under "political compulsion". The 29 foreign nationals were booked under various provisions of the IPC for allegedly violating their tourist visa conditions by attending the Tablighi Jamaat congregation held at Nizamuddin in the national capital.