Mangaluru, Oct 24: The veteran of tourist vehicles services industry in Mangalore, Mohammed Eshaque aged 66, popularly known as “BAMSON”demised on Wednesday in his residence “Bamson House” in Falnir.
Marhoom Mohammed Eshaque was the proprietor of MANGALORE TOURIST SERVICES (MTS) the business he inherited from his father marhoom B. Mohammed Hajee who had established business in 1960’s.
After his father’s demise in 1980 marhoom Eshque was operating the business successfully, winning the heart of his company’s clientele. MTS is the only tourist services company in undivided Dakshina kannada & Udupi district to be recognized by Govt. Of India and Karnataka state tourism development corporation.
His fleet of services has wide range of vehicles from saloon cars, station wagons, MPV’s, SUV’s, Mini buses etc. In 70’s & 80’s his fleet included vintage cars such as old British Morris minor and German cars Mercedes Benz and Peugeot for wedding and special events. His list of clientele includes individuals, corporate companies, semi-government organization like KIOCL and Government authorities etc.
Besides tourist vehicles business he had passion for automobile. In 70’s & 80’s he used to modify his personnel used vehicles to have imported vehicle look. He was automotive sports star winning many awards by participating in automotive sports rallies in Karnataka and other south Indian states. He initiated the first automotive sports club ‘Karavali Automotive sports club’ and its first ever car rally in Mangalore in 1986 that had live all India TV coverage. He was motivator for many youth automotive sports participants and aspirants
The demise of Marhoom Eshaque is a huge loss for automobile tourist industry & his clients, automotive sports club members & sport aspirants in Dakshina Kannada & Udupi district. He was suffering from illness from sometime. He survived by wife Aysha; only daughter Ashmitha, son – in law Mohammed Anees and grandson master Ayan.
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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.
