Udupi: Hashimi Masjid Udupi recently organised its annual general body meeting wherein a new executive members body was elected for a term of three years till 2022.

Mohammed Zakriya Assadi was elected as the President of the new executive body while Haji Gulam Rauf was elected as the Vice President of the body.

Firoz Manna was elected as the Secretary in the new committee and Thajammul Manna has been elected for the post of treasurer.

Among others Mehboob Basha will be the joint treasurer, M Iqbal Manna will look after Public Relations, Media and HR Coordination.

Shaukatullah Assadi is the new Legal and Official Correspondent, Hassan Ajjarkad will look after Special Needs (Appeals and Noble cause), and Althaf Palaukar will be the incharge of Repairs and Maintenance.

The event began with recitation of verses from Quran by Hafeez Abu Sufyan and was welcomed by Ajmal Assadi.

Zakriya Assadi tabled Financial report while Mansoor Manna presented the annual report.

Riyaz Ahmed was appointed as the election observer for the election of new committee.

The event concluded with vote of thanks by Hassan Ajjarkad.

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Hathras (UP) (PTI): The blood-soaked body of an elderly man was found inside his house in Paharpur village here on Tuesday morning, police said.

The deceased, Jagdish Prasad Sharma, 75, who lived alone, had gone to sleep in his house on Monday night, officials said.

On Tuesday morning, his blood-soaked body was lying on a cot, with marks on his head and body indicating blows from a sharp-edged weapon, they said, adding that the police suspect murder.

Police and forensic teams reached the spot upon receiving information and sent the body for a post-mortem, they said.

Additional Superintendent of Police Ramanand Kushwaha said that Sharma, a retired Health Department employee, had been living alone since his wife's death during the COVID-19 pandemic.

He owned around 20-25 bighas of land and was also engaged in money lending, the officer said.