Haji KS Muhammad Masood re-elected President of Muslim Central Committee for third term
Mangaluru: Haji K S Muhammad Masood was on Saturday re-elected as president of the Muslim Central Committee of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts at a general meeting held at the Mini Town Hall in the city.
Prof Yousuf D, principal of Badriya College, conducted the election.
Khateeb Abdul Mannan Mufti of Kudroli Jamia Masjid performed the prayers. General secretary of the Committee Mohammed Hanif Haji presented the annual report and balance sheets audited by the auditors to the gathering.
Vice-president of the Committee Haji Ibrahim Kodijal presented the vote of thanks on the occasion.
The Committee stated in a press release that Masood, being the only member of the Committee to file the nomination papers for the post of the president, was elected unopposed for the next three years.
Masood, who became president of the Committee for the first time in 2003, has also been elected to the post for the third consecutive term. The last term too, he had been elected unopposed, said the Committee.
A senior politician too, Masood has served as a member of the Legislative Council, as Chief Whip and also as chairperson of the State Minorities Commission.
He has striven for social and community welfare as president of the Muslim Central Committee. He continues to involve himself in social service through the Committee and the 'Haji Karkala Sheikh Shabhu Saheb Memorial Trust', which was founded in memory of his father.
Masood has also played a major role in maintaining harmony between Hindus and Muslims in the region.
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NIA registers case to probe recovery of 79 crude bombs in poll-bound West Bengal
New Delhi (PTI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday registered a case to probe recovery of 79 crude bombs in poll-bound West Bengal, officials said.
The move came following a directive by the Union Home Ministry in this regard, they said.
In pursuance to the home ministry's order, the anti-terror agency on Sunday registered a case, which was originally filed at Uttar Kashi police station, Bhangar division, Kolkata on Saturday, and took up the investigation, an NIA spokesperson said in a late night statement.
"The case pertains to recovery of 79 crude bombs and other incriminating materials by Kolkata police, which were being stored at a spot, thereby endangering human life and property," the spokesperson said.
Earlier in the day, the Election Commission had directed the West Bengal Police to launch a special drive to arrest those involved in illegal manufacturing of crude bombs in the poll-bound state, an official said.
It asserted that all cases related to the making of any such explosive would be probed by the National Investigation Agency, the official said.
The directive came after the police recovered a large number of crude bombs from the house of a person, allegedly a TMC worker, at Bhangar in South 24 Parganas district, days ahead of the second and final phase of the assembly polls in the state.
The explosives were recovered during a search at the residence of Rafikul Islam following specific inputs, the official said.
The poll panel also issued a warning to senior police officers across the state over any lapse in maintaining law and order before the April 29 polling.
The first phase of the assembly elections in West Bengal was held on April 23, while the second phase will take place on April 29. Votes will be counted on May 4.
A record 93.19 per cent turnout has been recorded in the first round of polling. Bhangar will vote in the second phase.
