Mangaluru expat stranded in Saudi reveals ordeal on social media, ISF helps him return home

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November 28, 2018

Mangaluru, Nov 28: Continuing their philanthropic gesture towards Indian expatriates, the activists of the Indian Social Forum (ISF) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, have once again helped a stranded Indian reach home safely.

Muhammad Fareed (name changed to conceal the identity), a resident of Mudipu Balapuni on the outskirts of Mangaluru, had arrived in Riyadh last year on a house-driver visa. But the sponsor (Kafeel) did not have a vehicle permit. Hence Muhammad Sharif was forced to sell items at roadside.

He was also forced to work 16 hours in a day without wages. Due to this he was mentally depressed and fell sick. Due to sickness he wasn’t able to attend work and sponsor had filed ‘Huroob’ missing case against him.

Fareed, who was helpless of all these incidents, had posted a message on social media. About three months ago the Karnataka State unit of ISF in Riyadh managed to trace a youth based on his message. ISF complaint with the labor court and followed up the case.

Considering the situation and condition and long-term of this case, ISF approached donors and contacted Indian Embassy. ISF also collected all required documents and provided it to Indian Embassy which was required for legal purpose and managed to send Fareed back home.

Members of Indian Social Forum Sabith Hasan Bajpe, Rahman Tumbe, Shabir Mudipu and Abdul Sabith Bajpe took charge of this case and handled successfully. Fareed’s family thanked members of the ISF.

SDPI district president Athavullah Jokatte, Ismail Engineer, Hamid Bajpe, Rahim Batrakere were present at the Mangalore International Airport to receive Fareed.

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SD
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Thursday, 29 Nov 2018

May God bless all the people involved in helping this man.

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July 25,2020

Dharward, Jul 25: In a shocking incident, a man reportedly killed his wife and daughter by feeding them poison and ended his life by hanging in his house. The incident took place in Dharwad on Saturday. 

The deceased have been identified as Mounesh Pattar (36), his wife Arpita (28) and their four-year-old daughter Sukruta. 

Mounesh was working in a private company in Dharwad and was depressed from the last one week fearing job loss. 

It was alleged that he might lose his job as the management decided to remove more than 40 employees due to covid -19 lockdown.

On Friday late night, he reportedly gave poison to his wife and daughter and later committed suicide by hanging self. The incident came to light on Saturday morning.

A case is registered at Sub Urban police station and further investigation is on.

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March 10,2020

Belagavi, Mar 10: Around 6,000 chickens were buried alive by some poultry farm owners here as the rate of flesh in the market dropped even below the cost price due to Coronavirus scare.

The poultry farm who buried the chickens on Monday evening belonged to Lolasuru village in Gokak Taluk of the district.

One of the owners, Nazir Makandar, said that there was no demand for chicken because of threat of Coronavirus.

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Gajagamini
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Tuesday, 10 Mar 2020

we are ready to destroy food but wont allow poor to eat it

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June 15,2020

Thiruvananthapuram, Jun 15: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan''s daughter Veena married top DYFI All India president Mohammed Riaz at the chief minister''s official residence in the presence of selected guests.

Riaz and Veena became husband and wife at a solemn function held under Covid protocols with not more than 50 people present.

This was the second marriage for both, as their first ones ended in divorce.

Riaz has two children, while Veena has a son from their respective previous marriages.

Riaz is a lawyer by profession and had contested the Kozhikode Lok Sabha seat in 2009 but lost to the Congress'' M.K.Raghavan.

Veena runs her own software company in Bengaluru.

While the marriage has already been registered recently, the wedding event was a closed door affair, with just very close relatives of the couple besides a few senior party colleagues of Vijayan.

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