Kasaragod court convicts four for murder of Muhammad Haji in 2008
Kasaragod: Kasaragod District Sessions Court has convicted four accused in the case of murdering C A Muhammad Haji, a mosque committee president, near Adkathbail during 2008 riots on Thursday. They were sentenced to rigorous life imprisonment and one lakh individual fine.
The court convicted Santhosh Naik (36), K Shiva Prasad (40), K Ajith Kumar (39) and Kishor Kumar (39) in the case. Muhammad Haji was hacked to death by the gang while he was returning home from mosque on April 18, 2008. ASP P Balakrishnan Nair had led the investigation in the case.
The incident had happened during a series of communally motivated murders that shook the northern most district of Kerala during the summer of 2008. The killing spree ensued after Sandeep (20) was stabbed to death near Kasaragod on April 14. Muhammad Sinan (24), a resident of Bangragudde near Nellikunje, and P Suhas, an advocate, were murdered two days later.
Accused in Sinan and Sandeep murder cases had been acquitted by the court earlier due to lack of evidence. Hearing on advocate Suhas murder case is still in progress at the Thalassery court.
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13 suffer from suffocation after fire in Mumbai building; around 90 rescued
Mumbai (PTI): Thirteen persons suffered from suffocation after a fire broke on the ground floor of a seven-storey building in Mumbai's Ghatkopar area in the wee hours of Saturday, an official said.
The blaze erupted at 1.35 am in Shanti Sagar Building located in Ramabai Colony of Pantnagar in Ghatkopar east and around 90 residents were rescued from there, the fire brigade official said.
"The fire broke out in the electric meter room on the ground floor. It remained confined to the wiring and other installations there. Due to the fire, smoke engulfed the entire building," he said.
"Eighty to ninety persons stranded on different floors were rescued and brought down using the staircase before the fire was extinguished at 2.05 am. Thirteen persons suffered from suffocation due to the smoke, of whom 12 were admitted to a local hospital, while one was discharged after treatment at the OPD section there," he added.
Of the injured persons, nine are females, the official said, adding that the cause behind the blaze is being ascertained.
