4-year-old boy donates money to Kodagu rain victims
Ahmed had saved money to buy new costume for Bakrid
Moodigere: Bapu Nagar resident Ziyan Ahmed (4), who had collected Rs 1,000 from his father to buy a new dress for this Bakrid Festival, donated the money for flood victims in Kodagu by submitting it to CM’s relief fund. Ziyan, a student of UKG in Betani School, is the son of Nadeem Ahmad. He handed over the fund to Altaf Bilgula, president of Peace and Awareness Trust.
Kodagu District was severely hit by devastating rain, which left lakhs of people homeless. In Mangaluru and Kerala, victims have taken shelter at gruel centers. Muslims have decided not to celebrate the Bakrid Festival amid such a national disaster.
The little boy who learned this idea from his parents has transferred the amount to CM’s fund and said “I will not buy new clothes for this Bakrid Festival. I will wear old clothes and celebrate it in a simple way.”
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Five crushed to death after truck ploughs into tent in Kerala
Thrissur (Kerala) (PTI): At least five people, including two children, were killed and as many persons injured when a truck ploughed into the roadside tent where they were sleeping in this central Kerala district early on Tuesday, police said.
The victims, nomads living in tents set up along the highway, were struck by the truck on a national highway in Nattika, under the Valapad police station limits, at 4.30 am, they said.
The injured have been admitted to Thrissur Government Medical College Hospital, with the condition of two individuals reported as serious, police said.
Among the deceased are two children, aged one-and-a-half and four years. Two women were also killed.
The driver and cleaner of the vehicle have been taken into custody, police added.
