Mangaluru : BAMSON Eshaque Passes away
Popular personality of automotive field with many firsts to his credit
Mangaluru, Oct 24: The veteran of tourist vehicles services industry in Mangalore, Mohammed Eshaque aged 66, popularly known as “BAMSON”demised on Wednesday in his residence “Bamson House” in Falnir.
Marhoom Mohammed Eshaque was the proprietor of MANGALORE TOURIST SERVICES (MTS) the business he inherited from his father marhoom B. Mohammed Hajee who had established business in 1960’s.
After his father’s demise in 1980 marhoom Eshque was operating the business successfully, winning the heart of his company’s clientele. MTS is the only tourist services company in undivided Dakshina kannada & Udupi district to be recognized by Govt. Of India and Karnataka state tourism development corporation.
His fleet of services has wide range of vehicles from saloon cars, station wagons, MPV’s, SUV’s, Mini buses etc. In 70’s & 80’s his fleet included vintage cars such as old British Morris minor and German cars Mercedes Benz and Peugeot for wedding and special events. His list of clientele includes individuals, corporate companies, semi-government organization like KIOCL and Government authorities etc.
Besides tourist vehicles business he had passion for automobile. In 70’s & 80’s he used to modify his personnel used vehicles to have imported vehicle look. He was automotive sports star winning many awards by participating in automotive sports rallies in Karnataka and other south Indian states. He initiated the first automotive sports club ‘Karavali Automotive sports club’ and its first ever car rally in Mangalore in 1986 that had live all India TV coverage. He was motivator for many youth automotive sports participants and aspirants
The demise of Marhoom Eshaque is a huge loss for automobile tourist industry & his clients, automotive sports club members & sport aspirants in Dakshina Kannada & Udupi district. He was suffering from illness from sometime. He survived by wife Aysha; only daughter Ashmitha, son – in law Mohammed Anees and grandson master Ayan.
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Kalaburagi: 22-yr-old driver killed on spot as pickup vehicle crashes into bridge on NH in Afzalpur
Kalaburagi: The driver of a pickup truck transporting fish was killed on the spot as the vehicle rammed into a bridge on the National Highway bypass in Balurgi village of Afzalpur taluk early Friday morning.
The deceased has been identified as Anil Dasharatha Bhovi (22), a native of Bandarwada village in Afzalpur taluk. He was reportedly driving from Jewargi to Solapur, when he lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a bridge on the bypass in Balurgi. Anil Said to have died on the spot due to the intensity of the crash.
Afzalpur Police have said that the body of the driver has been sent to the Afzalpur Government Hospital and will be handed over to the family after completion of the postmortem examination.
A case has been registered in this regard at the Afzalpur Police Station and investigation is underway.
