Mangaluru: Prominent scholar and office bearer of All Kerala Jamiat ul Ulama Kanzul Ulama KP Hamza Musliyar Chittari (79), breathed his last today morning at his residence in Kannur district of Kerala.

Born in 1939 at Pattuvam in Kannur district, Hamza Musliyar ran Dars centers at many places. He served as a professor at Jamia Sa Adiya Arabic College from 1982 to 1988 and then built Al Maqar institute in Taliparamba in 1989.

He is survived by wife, five sons, and six daughters. According to sources, the funeral will be held at around 4 pm on the premises of Al-Maqar Campus in Taliparamba.

Udupi Khazi Bekal Usthad, Mani Usthad, Abbas Usthad Manjanadi, Bava Usthad Ullal, Athur Saad Musliyar, Krishnapur Khazi Madani, Zaini Kamil Saqafi, GM Kamil Saqafi, KKM Kamil Saqafi, Jappumadani, RK Madani Ammembala and others turned up to pay their last respects.



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Kozhikode (Kerala) (PTI): A Kerala court on Wednesday sentenced a man to 41 years in prison for sexually assaulting a minor boy near Valayam in 2021.

Nadapuram Fast Track Special Court judge K Naushad Ali sentenced 64-year-old Panchara Musa, also known as Ganapathiyat Musa, under various provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and the Indian Penal Code (IPC), according to special public prosecutor Manoj Aroor.

As the sentences are to run concurrently, the convict will have to serve the highest term of 20 years’ imprisonment, SPP Aroor said. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 52,000 on Musa.

The incident took place in August 2021 when the accused allegedly took the 14-year-old boy to a bus stop in Valayam town and sexually assaulted him, the prosecutor said. The accused also gave Rs 50 to the boy, he added.

Following the incident, the boy and his father lodged a complaint at the Valayam police station.

A case under various provisions of the POCSO Act and the IPC was registered, and the accused was subsequently arrested, the SPP said.

The prosecution examined 16 witnesses and submitted 16 documents to substantiate its case against the accused, he added.