Elderly couple killed as bus hits auto-rickshaw

April 4, 2011

Mangalore, April 4: In a gruesome road mishap, an aged couple was killed and six persons including three children injured when they were knocked out of an auto rickshaw in which they were travelling by a speeding private bus at Mani circle on Sunday evening.

The deceased have been identified as Yusuf Mukrika (75) and his wife Beefathumma (65).

The injured are their daughter Kubra (24), daughter-in-law Munira (21), grand children Jouhar (3), Saleeth (2), Jaseela (1) and driver of auto Basheer (23).

The family was returning back home after visiting Munira's parent's house at Periyadka near Uppinangady.

A private bus moving towards Puttur from Mangalore hit the auto in an attempt to overtake another vehicle on National Highway 48. The bus was in such speed that it pulled the rickshaw about 150 metres before stopping.

Beefathumma breathed her last in a private hospital in Puttur whereas her husband Yusuf died on the way to hospital. All six injured have been admitted to hospital in Mangalore.

The bus driver identified as Poovappa, a resident of Kapikad near Mani has been arrested in this regard.

A case has been registered in Vittla police station.

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Modi govt asks HC to direct Karnataka govt to vacate madrasa in Srirangapatna Jama Masjid

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November 14,2024

Bengaluru: The Prime Minister Narendra Modi led union government has requested the Karnataka High Court to direct the Mandya district administration and the state government to clear a madrasa operating within the premises of the historic Jama Masjid in Srirangapatna.

The Waqf Board, opposing this move, has claimed the mosque as its property and defended the right to conduct madrasa activities there.

The matter was brought before a division bench headed by Chief Justice N V Anjaria following a public interest litigation filed by a person named Abhishek Gowda from Kabbalu village in Kanakapura taluk. The petition alleged “unauthorised madrasa activities” within the mosque.

Representing the Central government, Additional Solicitor General of India for High Court of Karnataka, K Arvind Kamath argued that the Jama Masjid was designated as a protected monument in 1951, yet unauthorised madrasa operations continue there.

He noted that concerns over potential law and order issues have so far prevented any intervention. Kamath urged the court to direct the Mandya district administration to take action and vacate the madrasa from the mosque.

In defence, lawyers for the state government and the Waqf Board contested this request, stating that the Waqf Board had been recognised as the owner of the property since 1963 and, thus, conducting madrasa activities there is lawful.

After hearing both sides, the bench adjourned the case for further arguments, scheduling the next hearing for November 20.

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