Mangaluru: Basheer buried amidst tears and prayers; family appeals for peace

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January 7, 2018

Mangaluru, Jan 7: Thousands of mourners on Sunday evening attended the funeral prayers of Ahmed Basheer, who breathed his last earlier today four days after he was attacked by a gang of trouble mongers in the city.

47-year-old Basheer was laid to rest at the burial ground located near the Muhiuddin Juma Masjid at Kuloor-Panjimogeru on the outskirts of the city after Magrib prayers.

On January 3, hours after Deepak Rao, a youth from Katipalla area in Mangaluru was hacked to death by a gang of four miscreants another gang had attacked Basheer at Kottara Chowki area in the city without any provocation.

The attack took place at around 9:30 p.m. when Basheer was returning his home at Akashabhava after closing his fast food outlet. A critically injured and unconscious Basheer was rushed to a hospital by two ambulance drivers. After four days of treatment, he breathed his last at 8:10 a.m. on Sunday.

Even though the family members wanted to conduct the last rites immediately after the post mortem, they had to wait till the arrival of victim’s second son Irfan from United Arab Emirates. Irfan had landed in Abu Dhbai just three months ago. He reached Mangaluru at around 6 p.m. Basheer’s elder son had returned from Middle East two days ago.

Meanwhile, the preparations for the funeral rites as per Islamic customs had commenced in the hospital itself. The body was given bath and covered in plain white cloths before transporting it in an ambulance to his hone at Akashabhavana at around 2 p.m. for public viewing.

The mortal remains were then taken to the mosque in a vehicle for mayyit namaz at around 4 p.m. Thousands of people thronged the mosque ground to see Basheer’s face for the last time. As soon as his second son reached the spot, the mayyit was taken to nearby graveyard and laid to rest amidst prayers.

Though they were not in a condition to speak, Basheer’s family members did not forget to appeal the people not to disrupt peace. They also urged the people to pray for the departed soul. “Nobody can give justice to my brother except the Almighty God. We request all the good people to pray for the departed soul. No one should lose patience and indulge in any wrong doing. Our anger towards the killers should not provoke us to cause any harm to our innocent brothers and sisters of other faiths,” said Basheer’s teary-eyed brother Abdul Hakeem Kuloor.

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sayyed ashraf addoor
 - 
Monday, 8 Jan 2018

RIP.....May Allah SWT Grant him jannatul firdous.

Syed
 - 
Monday, 8 Jan 2018

May ALLAH SWT Grant him Jannatul Firdous. Aameen

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February 25,2020

Feb 25: Two Customs Preventive officers allegedly involved in gold smuggling cases in Kerala were removed from service, a top official said in Kochi on Monday.

Sumit Kumar, Commissioner of Customs (Preventive), Kochi, said that he took action against Radhakrishnan B, Superintendent of Customs, and Rahul, Inspector of Customs, who were allegedly involved in gold smuggling cases in the state.

Radhakrishnan was involved in attempted smuggling of gold weighing 24998.61 grams having a market value of over Rs 8 crore through Thiruvananthapuram international airport on May 13, 2019, Kumar said.

Rahul was involved in attempted smuggling of gold weighing 11,035.54 grams valued at over Rs 4 crore through international airport on August 19, 2019, the Customs Commissioner added.

Radhakrishnan is currently lodged in Central prison, Thiruvananthapuram after the Central Economic Intelligence Bureau under the Union Finance Ministry issued detention order under COFEPOSA (Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974).

Rahul, against whom detention order under COFEPOSA was issued, is absconding.

"Two Customs officers of the Customs Preventive Commissionerate, Kochi, who were involved in gold smuggling cases were removed from service by Sumit Kumar, Commissioner of Customs (Preventive), Cochin," an official release said.

Kumar said that both the cases were booked and investigated by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence and while show cause notice under Customs Act 1962 has been issued against Radhakrishnan, investigation is under progress in the other case.

"Both the officers were removed from service, after due process of law under Rule 19 of the Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965," the release said.

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May 13,2020

Mangaluru, May 13: Dakshina Kannada today recorded its fourth death due to novel coronavirus.

The victim, identified by number P-536, is a 58-year-old woman from Boloor area of Manglauru. She was tested covid-19 positive on April 30. 

A patient with TB meningitis, the woman had been treated and discharged from Mangaluru’s First Neuro Hospital, which has emerged as covid-19 hub of coastal Karnataka.

In hospital she had reportedly come in contact with patient No 501 who worked as a sweeper in the same hospital. 

With this death, the number of active covid-19 cases reduced to 16 in Dakshina Kannada. The district has so far reported 34 covid-19 cases including four deaths. 14 have been discharged.

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April 27,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 27: A 57-year-old man died of COVID-19 in Kalaburagi on Monday taking the fatalities due to the virus in Karnataka to 20.

"One more person died due to COVID-19 in the state. The 57-year-old person was tested positive for coronavirus on April 21," Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar tweeted on Monday evening.

The minister said he was admitted to the Gulbarga Institute of Medical Sciences with respiratory problem.

He was also suffering from severe liver related ailments.

"With this five deaths have taken place in Kalaburagi district due to the virus," the minister added in his tweet.

The first COVID-19 death in the country was reported from Kalaburagi in March.

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