Former Minister, Writer, Prof. Mumtaz Ali Khan Passes Away
Bengaluru: Former Minister, writer, Prof. Mumtaz Ali Khan passed away at his Ganganagar residence in Bengaluru in the early hours on Monday due to illnesses associated with old age. He was 94 years of age.
In 2008, he had been part of Yediyurappa’s Cabinet of Ministers and served as a Minister. He had been the Minister for Minority Welfare, Hajj, and Waqf Account.
After taking voluntary retirement from his profession as a Professor of Sociology in Bengaluru’s Krishi University. For the last 30 years, he had been running a school named after his late son Noor Ahmed Khan in Bengaluru’s R. T. Nagar. In the unaided Primary and High School run by him, Prof. Mumtaz Ali Khan provided the poor children coming to the school with free education along with mid-day meals, school books, school uniforms, and other required items from his pension money and personal sources. His wife was serving as the Head-teacher in the same school.
Prof. Mumtaz Ali Khan is survived by his wife, one son, one daughter.
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Agra man arrested for harassing, touching inappropriately Czech tourist visiting Taj Mahal
Agra, Apr 6 (PTI): A man was arrested for allegedly harassing and touching inappropriately a tourist from the Czech Republic visiting the Taj Mahal, police said on Sunday.
The alleged incident occurred on April 3 and the arrest was made after a thorough investigation, they said.
In a written complaint at the Tourist police station, the woman alleged that she was "touched inappropriately and harassed" while walking along the Shamshan Ghat Road around 1 pm, they added.
The police registered a case and began a probe, deploying multiple teams to nab the accused.
Assistant Commissioner of Police (Taj Security) Syed Areeb Ahmed said, "A case was registered on the complaint of the foreign woman. Several teams were deployed to search for the accused. (Footage from) several CCTV cameras covering the area was scanned. After investigation, the accused Karan Rathore was arrested on Sunday."
The woman has identified Rathore as the accused and he has been taken into custody, the officer said.
