Sullia: Masjid Hajira Hassan and Sullia Community Centre were inaugurated on Sunday by Mohammed Yunus Hassan, entrepreneur, Al Khobar and trustee, Team B-Human, at a ceremony organized by the Sullia Education and Charitable Trust (SECT).

S M Usman, general secretary of SECT, welcomed the gathering and made the inaugural address at the formal function.

Addressing the gathering, Hassan said that he had gotten the Masjid constructed in memory of his late parents and was presenting it to society in the name of ‘Hajira and Hassan’. “I pray that they benefit forever from this work. I also request you all to please pray to the Almighty to grant me the energy to continue such philanthropic work,” he asked the people.

T Arif Ali, general secretary, JIH, who presided over the inaugural, said that, while Allah was the lord of the Masjid, everyone should avail of the benefits of the prayer hall.

Muhammed Kunhi, Khateeb of the Masjidul Huda, Thokkottu, said that places of worship should help people get closer to one another, learn humanitarian values, teachings and ideals of their own religions.

Maulana Yahya Thangal Madani, Khateeb of the Havva Juma Masjid in Bolangady, read out the Wakf message and made the valedictory speech.

Maulana Shoaib Hussaini Nadwi, Khateeb, Kutchi Memon Masjid, Mangaluru; Hussain Kamil Saqafi, Khateeb, Juma Masjid, Shanti Nagar, Velam; Zakariya Jokatte, CEO, Al Muzain Saudi Arabia and trustee, Hidaya Foundation, and H U Farooq Tarikere, former president of Tarikere Municipality also addressed the gathering.

M Sharif Bolar, CEO, Whitestone Group, Saudi Arabia, and trustee, Team B-Human; Hanif Golthamajal, Hajaj Group, and president of Mangaluru unit, Hidayah Foundation; K Ahmed Bava, MD, Deals Group; Abdul Salam, CEO, Raqwani Group, Saudi Arabia; Ibrahim M Hussain, MD, Raqwani Group, Saudi Arabia; Mohammed Wazir, vice-president, Sullia Community Centre; Salam Noor Hasan Bin Murhoom Hajira Hassan; H K Kasim Ahmed, founder-chairperson, Hidaya Foundation; Ashfaq Abdul Hameed; CEO, Plant Solutions; Dr. Abdul Majeed U, general surgeon, Mangaluru; S E Mohammed Kunhi, Koynad; K M Shareef of Mangaluru; Abdussalam U, Nazim-e-Ilaqa, JIH and Musthafa Haji Kempi of the Muslim Central Committee attended the inauguration ceremony.

Philanthropist Mohammed Yunus Hassan was honoured on the occasion by Team B-Human Trust, JIH Sullia unit members and residents of Tarikere.

Ibrahim Ajjavara, SECT president, proposed the vote of thanks.

Hafil Saifullah read the Kiraat and Dr Jamaluddin Hind Manipal and Ahmed Riza Ahnaf read out the schedule of the Sacharipet program.

Ahmed Riza Ahnaf was the master of ceremony.

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Kundapur: Two persons died and several students were injured after a college tour bus rammed into a tanker and a goods lorry parked by the roadside near Maravanthe Beach in Trasi on Wednesday afternoon.

The bus was carrying final-year B.Com students of Rambhapuri College from Shivamogga district. According to sources, the group had left for the tour two days ago.

There were around 50 persons in the bus, including 24 male students and 23 female students.

The students had visited Murdeshwar and were travelling towards Udupi on Wednesday when the accident occurred.

Police said the bus driver reportedly lost control of the vehicle, following which the bus first hit a parked gas tanker and then crashed into a goods lorry stationed ahead.

The front portion of the bus was badly mangled in the impact. Preliminary information said the bus cleaner and a cooking assistant travelling with the group died in the accident. Several injured students were shifted to different hospitals in Kundapur for treatment.