Dubai-based businessman murdered in Kasargod

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August 5, 2013
Kasargod, Aug 5: A Dubai-based Indian businessman was allegedly murdered at his home in Kerala on Sunday.

A.B Abdul Salam Haji, 58, was allegedly murdered by a six-member gang who forced their way into his home in Kasargod district between 10.30pm and 11.30pm on Sunday, said Thomson Jose, the District Police Chief.

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Haji had been living in Dubai for more than 25 years and ran Novelty restaurants and grocery stores, as well as a real estate business in the city.

“Evidence suggests that the motive of the crime was burglary and we have some clues and investigations are going on,” the official said. He said the gang members, who had covered their faces, attacked the victim and his family members, tying them up to rob cash or valuables.

Haji died during the attack and the police are still trying to ascertain the amount of cash or valuables taken by the assailants.

The gang destroyed CCTV cameras installed in the house, the official said.

However, the police could not get proper eyewitness accounts from the family members who were too shocked to talk to the police after the incident. “We will talk to them tomorrow or the day after to get the exact details,” the police chief said.

Asked about a report which said the assailants came to the house on the pretext of fundraising for charity, the official said, being the holy month of Ramadan, it was possible. But such information will be confirmed with proper eyewitness accounts of family members, the official said.

Haji's murder created shock waves among his fellow countrymen in the UAE. He was a leader of the Kerala Muslim Cultural Centre (KMCC), an organisation having affiliations with Muslim League party in India.

“He has been president of the KMCC committee for the natives of his village Thrikkarippur for the past 25 years,” said Mohammad Ali, a KMCC leader.

He was always active in charitable activities, he said.

Haji had been dividing his time between Dubai and India since he was diagnosed with a minor medical problem a few months ago, Ali said. His 25-year-old eldest son has been looking after the business in Dubai. He left for India on Sunday after the incident.

Haji will always be remembered for his simplicity and kindness, said T.P Siraj who comes from the same district. “He was a successful businessman but always maintained a genuine humility,” Siraj said.

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December 30,2024

Mandya: A 21-year-old man died after he allegedly blew himself up with a gelatin stick in front of the house of a girl he was in love with after her family rejected him, police said on Monday.

The incident occurred at Kalenahalli village of Mandya district on early Sunday morning, they said.

According to police, Ramachandra was in a relationship with a minor girl. Last year, he was booked under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act after he eloped with the girl. He was arrested in the case and spent three months in jail as an under-trial.

After getting released from jail, he entered into a compromise with the girl's family and the case was refuted in the court. But later, he started calling the girl and continued to maintain his relationship with her, police said.

Apparently, the girl's family was planning to get the girl married to someone else once she attained the legal age, a senior police officer said.

Ramachandra, a resident of a neighbouring village in Nagamangala taluk was allegedly upset with the girl's family for rejecting him. Suddenly on Sunday, he reached in front of the minor girl's house and detonated the gelatin stick he carried with him and the explosion claimed his life on the spot, the officer added.

Based on the complaint from the deceased person's family, calling it suspicious death, a case has been registered, police said. His family was in quarrying business and that's how he got access to gelatin stick, police said.

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