Mangaluru: Bearys Chamber of Commerce and Industries (BCCI) on Friday inaugurated its 3-days ‘Bearys Mela 2023 at the Kudumal auditorium here in the city. The event was inaugurated by Deputy Leader of Opposition in Karnataka Assembly UT Khader. 

Speaking at the event, Khader lauded the contributions of Bearys Community and added that the community always thrive for building strong society. He also played the Bearys Community has played a vital role and contributed to the upliftment of the region.

“The youth of the community should also have a positive mindset and should not be influenced with negative thought process. They should take guidance from the seniors and experienced members of the society and deliver on their roles and responsibilities,” Khader noted.

BCCI President SM Rasheed Haji chaired the event while MLC BM Farooq, MCC Mayor Jayanand Anchan were also present during the event.

BM Mumtaz Ali welcomed the guests and audience before the program began with the recitation of verses from Holy Quran. Sahil Zaheer compered the event.

Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Muslim Central Committee president Haji K S Muhammad Masood, Kanachur Institute of Medical Sciences chairman U K Monu, MLA Vedavyas Kamath, former MLA B A Mohiudeen Bava, Dakshina Kannada District Wakf Advisory Committee president Abdul Nasir Luckystar, Rohan Corporation president Rohan Monteiro, KPCC general secretary Inayat Ali, Iqbal Ahmed of Bengaluru Little Flower Public School, MEIF president Moosabba P Beary, former mayor Diwakar, BCCI Hassan Chapter president Zakir Yadgar, BCCI Chikmagaluru Chapter president Abdul Sattar, All India Beary Parishat chairman U H Khalid Ujire, Dr U T Ifthikar Ali, Beary Mela convener Mansoor Ahmed, BCCI general secretary Mohammed Imthiyaz, entrepreneur Sharief Whitestone, Abdul Hamid, Ibrahim Gadiyar, Abusalih Hussain, Abdullah Monu Qatar, T H Mehboob, Abdul Aziz Baikampady, Asif Sufi Khan, Abdurrazaq Golthamajalu, Shauqat Shourie, Riaz Bava, B A Nazir and A H Muhammad were among those present.

Achievers in various fields, Nissar Ahmed, Chairman of Presidency University, NRI entrepreneur Zakaria Jokatte, industrialist Mohammad Arabi Kumbla, IT expert Shihab Mohammed Kalandar Novigo, entrepreneur Mansoor Ahmed, medical expert Dr Anjum Ifthikar, were also awarded with the ‘Beary Award’.

BCCI President SM Rasheed Haji, Dakshina Kannada District Wakf Advisory Committee president Abdul Nasir Luckystar, Haris Mukka and Guinness Record-holder student Mohammad Shalil were felicitated at the inaugural ceremony.

Exhibition and sale

The various stalls set up as a part of the exhibition and sale during the Beary Mela attracted visitors.  More than 50 stalls, with medical and technological equipment, conventional and designer clothes, books and, most of all, various food items like chats biryani and snacks, were set up for the fest.

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Ranchi (PTI): A 25-year-old man, who works as a butcher, allegedly strangled to death his live-in partner and chopped her body into 40 to 50 pieces in a forested area in Jharkhand’s Khunti district, police said on Wednesday.

The accused, identified as Naresh Bhengra, was arrested.

The matter came to light after around a fortnight after the killing when a stray dog was found with human body parts near Jordag village in Jariagarh police station on November 24.

Bhengra was in a live-in relationship with the deceased, a 24-year-old woman also from Khunti district, in Tamil Nadu for the past couple of years. Sometime back, he returned to Jharkhand, got married to another woman without telling his partner anything and went back to the southern state without his wife to join her.

"The brutal incident occurred on November 8 when they reached Khunti as the accused who had married another woman did not wish to take her home. Instead, he took her to a forest near his house at Jordag village in Jariagarh police station and chopped the body into pieces. The man has been arrested," Khunti Superintendent of Police Aman Kumar told PTI.

Inspector Ashok Singh who investigated the case said the man worked in a butcher shop in Tamil Nadu and was expert in slicing chicken.

“He admitted chopping the body parts of the woman into 40 to 50 pieces before leaving those in the forest for wild animals to feast on. The police recovered several parts on November 24 after a dog in the area was seen with a hand," Singh told PTI.

Singh said that the woman, who was unaware of his marriage, pressured him to return to Khunti. After reaching Ranchi, they boarded a train on November 24 and headed to the man's village.

"Under a plan, the man took her to Khunti in an autorickshaw near his home and asked her to wait. He returned with sharp weapons and strangulated her with her dupatta after raping her. He then cut the body into 40 to 50 pieces and left for his home to live with his wife," Singh said.

The woman, however, had informed her mother that she had boarded a train and would be living with her partner, the police officer said.

Following the recovery of body parts, a bag was also found in the forest with the murdered woman's belongings including her Aadhaar card. The mother of the woman was called at the spot and she identified her daughter's belongings.

"The mother suspected the man behind the crime who after being nabbed by the police admitted to chopping the woman into pieces," the official added.

The incident has sent shockwaves among people in the region, with the Shraddha Walker murder case of 2022 still fresh in their memory.

Walker was killed by her live-in partner who chopped her body into pieces before dumping them in the jungle in South Delhi’s Mehrauli.