Udupi, Apr 23: Sheikh Abdul Gafoor, a philanthropist and social worker from Basrur in Kundapur taluk of Udupi district, passed away in Saudi Arabia yesterday. He was 54.
He was the founder and general secretary of Khidmah Foundation. He was also funder of Basrur Muslim Welfare Association.
He is survived by his wife, a son, two sons and large number of relatives, friends and well-wishers.
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Mumbai, Apr 15: A 35-year-old man, who worked as a priest in suburban Kandivali, allegedly committed suicide on Tuesday afternoon, hours after learning that lockdown to contain coronavirus has been extended.
The deceased was identified as Krishna Pujari, native of Udupi in Karnataka, who was attached to Durga Mata temple in Iraniwadi area of Sanjay Nagar.
Pujari, who lived with three other priests, was waiting for the lockdown to end as he wanted to go back to his hometown, a police official said.
When he learnt that the lockdown has been extended till May 3, he was terribly depressed and allegedly hanged himself in kitchen, the official added.
No suicide note has been found, he said.
Vijayapura, June 16: Even as a video of a man wearing a burqa who is being thrashed by locals is going viral on social media, netizens targeted Bharatiya Janata Party for their activist resorting to heinous acts.
The man who was caught in burqa has been identified as Siddu Paragond, an activist of Snagh Parivar hailing from Sindgi town in Karnataka’s Vijayapura district.
The bizarre incident took place in Sindgi on June 11 outside a bank.
“While people including women were standing in a queue outside the bank, the person in burqa was acting in a suspicious manner. The person was trying to get too close to women which was making them feel awkward,” local residents said.
“Getting suspicious, some locals tried to interact and their suspicion rose with the strange behaviour of the person. Suddenly some men took the person away from the bank and checked only to find that it was a man in burqa. The men thrashed him and handed him over to police,” the sources said.
Confirming this, Superintendent of Police Anupam Agrawal said that the Siddu Paragond has been arrested and remanded to judicial custody. He, however, made it clear that no suspicious objects were found on Siddu. “We are trying to find out the motive for his act,” the SP said.
Finally mentally not fit
Mangaluru, July 28: A screenshot of a death threat message against IAS officer Sindhu B Rupesh, the deputy commissioner of Dakshina Kannada, is now going viral on social media.
The threat comes in the wake of the Deputy Commissioner’s warning against attack on cattle traders by anti-social elements ahead of Eid al-Adha.
It is learnt that a discussion was held about DC’s warning in a pro-Hindutva WhatsApp group. The death threat was issued in the same group in Tulu language.
A police officer said that if the deputy commissioner doesn’t lodge a complaint, the police will file a suo motu case in this regard.
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inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi rajiwoon....
may allah keep him jannah...
Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi rajioun...may Allah give sabr to his family. He is survived by one daughter and one son. We lost one of the best colleague and friend.
May Allah bless him Jannath al Firdous. Ameen...
Quote : "He is survived by his wife, a son, two sons and large number of relatives"
Un quote ; What is a son and two sons?
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