Mithabail Jabbar Ustad, a great scholar of Astronomy, Theology and Hadith
A scholar who studied at Deoband in North India and pursued Qasmi title
Bantwal, Jan 09: Senior religious scholar, vice president of Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama, Director of Karnataka Islamic Academy Kumbra Shaikhuna Alhaj Abdul Jabbar Musliyar Mithabail Ustad (72) breathed his last at his residence in Mithabail on BC Road on Tuesday night.
Jabbar Ustad, who was the spiritual leader of the Muslim community in the undivided D.K district, was the second son of Lakshwadeep Kiltan's Qazi Shaikh K.P Siraj Koya, and Kannipur's Marhumath Beebi Fathima. Popular as Mithabail Ustad, he was working as a mudarris at Juma Masjid on the BC Road Mithabail for 49 years.
Along with his family, he was living at a house in Shantiyangady near Mithabail. He actively particiapted in religious programmes and tours amidst health problems.
His body has been kept for public viewing at the Mithabail masjid and according to family sources, his funeral will be held on Wednesday.
Condolence from dignitaries
Rajya Sabha member Oscar Fernandes, BK Hariprasad, DK District Congress president K Harish Kumar, MLC Ivan D'Souza, former Minister B Ramanath Rai, BH Khader, former Rajya Sabha member B Ibrahim, MCC's Shashidhar Hegde, Badriya Juma Masjid's Bajal Nantur President and MCC member Abdur Rauf, District Congress'Ibrahim Kodijal, chairman of DK Wakf Advisory Committee Haji Kanachuru Monu, DK District Congress vice president PS Abdulla Samanige, district Congress office secretary Nazir Bajal, Bantwal MLA Rajesh Nayaka, SDPI state secretary Riyaz Farangpet, Talent Research Foundation chairman Abdur Raoof and others expressed their condolences.
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NIA conducts searches at 22 locations to probe human trafficking syndicate
New Delhi (PTI): The National Investigation Agency on Thursday conducted searches at 22 locations in six states to probe a human trafficking syndicate luring youth to work in call centres engaged in cyber frauds, officials said.
They said the searches were being conducted in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and Delhi among other places.
The case, which was registered by police in Gopalganj in Bihar, relates to an organised syndicate luring and trafficking Indian youth to foreign countries on the pretext of jobs and forcing them to work in fake call centres engaged in cyber fraud.
