Mangaluru, December 2: Westline Group Managing Director Nasir Mohideen was conferred with the ‘Outstanding Achievement Award for Building Infrastructure Development by the Indian Economic Development and Research Association (IEDRA).

Former union home minister Shivraj Patil presented the award to Mohideen at an award presentation programme and a national seminar on ‘Indian Economic Development and Social Responsibility, organized by the IEDRA at the India Habitat Centre in New Delhi recently.

Every year, the IEDRA chooses 80 most unique achievers in medium to small scale enterprises in recognition of their outstanding contribution to the industry and the society.

After receiving the award, Nasir Mohideen said, “We are surely fascinated to have been identified for the efforts that we have put in for the last seven years. Our flagship project Westline Signature is slowly being recognised and appreciated by the industry. We even have been invited for the High Rise Summit to be held in Mumbai in March 2019 to present a talk on the feasibility of high rise structures in tier-2 cities. These are encouraging factors and will propel us to do better in terms of technology and adoption of innovative building methodology. We certainly have a long way to go, but we will get there,” he said.

Westline is the company behind the ultra beautiful, contemporary skyscraper Westline Signature dubbed as "The Pride of Mangalore". The building is the proposed tallest tower in South India and is currently under construction by MFAR Constructions Private Limited. The project has a team of renowned consultants from India and abroad. The design and planning of this modern building have been praised and applauded across the industry, a release said.

Westline has been featured and valued in Construction Business Today and CEO Insight Magazines for its out of the box approach towards the construction of skyscrapers in tier-2 cities.

The construction of Westline Signature has commenced in May 2017 and the tower is expected to finish by end of 2021.

Former union minister Mani Shankar Aiyar, Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Justice and State Accountability Commission Chairman Justice Bashir Ahmed Khan, Former Puducherry Lt. Governor Dr Iqbal Singh and Secretary General Vijay were also present during the event.

 

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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.