Mangaluru, November 21: Young Islamic scholar and preacher MSM Abdur Rasheed Saqafi Zaini Kamil was given Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) by the Open International University for Complementary Medicine for his theses ‘ Mind and Spirituality- A detailed study of Power of Prayer to eliminate the negative mental attitude to increase the level of confidence in taking up challenges in life’.

He has done his Ph.D theses under the guidance of Psychology professor and research guide Prof. R. Suresh of Kottayam. The Ph.D award would be presented at a programme to be conducted at Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference hall at Colombo in Sri Lanka on November 25.  

After getting post graduation degree from the Mysuru University, Zaini has completed various courses like Mind Mastery, Counselling and Mind Power Training from internationally acclaimed mental trainer Dr. P.P Vijayan. He has also completed various psychology courses from Dr. Atmadas Yami.

Born to scholar M.S. Moosa Musliyar and Asia of Kakkinje in Belthangady taluk in 1972, Zaini has got Zaini, Saqafi and Kamil degrees in religious education and he is one among the disciple of Kanthapuram AP Aboobakar Musliyar.

Zaini who gives priority for women education, is instrumental in establishing Puttur Kumbra Markaz Al Huda, Katipalla Misbah and Talapady Minhaz women college.

He has also worked as the SSF Karnataka state president and All India vice president. Now, he is working as the Sunni Yuvajana Sangha state general secretary and Karnataka Cultural Foundation international committee organizing president. He has involved in various social services. He has written six books including the interpretation of Quran in Kannada and has been serving as the Khateeb at Talapady Bilal Juma Masjid for the last 18 years.

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Ranchi (PTI): A 25-year-old man, who works as a butcher, allegedly strangled to death his live-in partner and chopped her body into 40 to 50 pieces in a forested area in Jharkhand’s Khunti district, police said on Wednesday.

The accused, identified as Naresh Bhengra, was arrested.

The matter came to light after around a fortnight after the killing when a stray dog was found with human body parts near Jordag village in Jariagarh police station on November 24.

Bhengra was in a live-in relationship with the deceased, a 24-year-old woman also from Khunti district, in Tamil Nadu for the past couple of years. Sometime back, he returned to Jharkhand, got married to another woman without telling his partner anything and went back to the southern state without his wife to join her.

"The brutal incident occurred on November 8 when they reached Khunti as the accused who had married another woman did not wish to take her home. Instead, he took her to a forest near his house at Jordag village in Jariagarh police station and chopped the body into pieces. The man has been arrested," Khunti Superintendent of Police Aman Kumar told PTI.

Inspector Ashok Singh who investigated the case said the man worked in a butcher shop in Tamil Nadu and was expert in slicing chicken.

“He admitted chopping the body parts of the woman into 40 to 50 pieces before leaving those in the forest for wild animals to feast on. The police recovered several parts on November 24 after a dog in the area was seen with a hand," Singh told PTI.

Singh said that the woman, who was unaware of his marriage, pressured him to return to Khunti. After reaching Ranchi, they boarded a train on November 24 and headed to the man's village.

"Under a plan, the man took her to Khunti in an autorickshaw near his home and asked her to wait. He returned with sharp weapons and strangulated her with her dupatta after raping her. He then cut the body into 40 to 50 pieces and left for his home to live with his wife," Singh said.

The woman, however, had informed her mother that she had boarded a train and would be living with her partner, the police officer said.

Following the recovery of body parts, a bag was also found in the forest with the murdered woman's belongings including her Aadhaar card. The mother of the woman was called at the spot and she identified her daughter's belongings.

"The mother suspected the man behind the crime who after being nabbed by the police admitted to chopping the woman into pieces," the official added.

The incident has sent shockwaves among people in the region, with the Shraddha Walker murder case of 2022 still fresh in their memory.

Walker was killed by her live-in partner who chopped her body into pieces before dumping them in the jungle in South Delhi’s Mehrauli.