Mangaluru: Renowned scholar A P Muhammed Musliyar Kanthapuram, secretary of Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama, died on Sunday morning; he was 72.

Following a bout of illness, he had been admitted to a private hospital in Kozhikode. He failed to respond to the treatment and breathed his last.

Kanthapuram, who had been living in Karuvampoyil of Kozhikode district, was born in 1950. He was the son of Chekkutty and Ayesha Biwi and the disciple of Kanthapuram A P Aboobacker Musliyar. He joined Kanthapuram as a Mudarris (teacher) with authorization at the ‘baaqiyaat’ of 1970.

Since he resembled his mentor Kanthapuram A P Aboobacker Musliyar a lot, the scholar was called ‘Cheriya A P Ustad’ (Junior AP Sir) by many.

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Bengaluru: Karnataka Medical Education Minister Dr. Sharan Prakash Patil on Monday has warned that the government will take strict legal action on doctors or professors of teaching hospitals who were found carrying out private practice during their working hours.

Dr. Patil, in response to a question by Congress member Balkis Banu, said that the government had implemented a salary system based on biometric attendance, as it had received complaints of teaching hospital doctors and professors carrying out their private practice skipping work at the hospitals. The doctors and professors are required to attend to their duties at the hospital between 9 am and 4 pm, and have to mark their attendance through the biometric system four times a day, at 9 am, 2 pm, 3 pm and 4 pm, the minister has clarified before the House.

The minister said that the state government would soon start Bone Marrow Aspirate and Trephine Biopsy (BMAT) institutes at Mysuru and Hubballi to examine cancer cases in children. He added that officers Indira Gandhi Children Hospitals have been directed to establish BMAT.

The data presented before the House stated that over 1,500 children below 14 years are diagnosed with cancer.