Legal Scholar, Founder of IDIA Basheer found dead in his car
Chikkamagaluru: Founder of Increasing Diversity by Increasing Access (IDIA), a non-profit organisation working in India which aims to empower underprivileged children and Legal Scholar Shammad Basheer, passed away in a tragic accident in Karnataka.
A law graduate from National Law School of India University, Bangalore and Basheer completed his post-graduate studies at the University of Oxford before founding IDIA.
For his outstanding contributions to a broad range of legal issues and legal education, Prof. Basheer was awarded Infosys Prize 2014 for Humanities. He was also awarded with Legal Education Innovation Award 2016 by Society of Indian Law Firms in recognition of innovation and leadership in the development of Increasing Diversity by Increasing Access (IDIA) and promoting legal careers among the under-privileged.
Basheer was found dead in his car near Baba Budangiri where traffic movement has been closed due to bad weather conditions.
According to his colleague Basheer used to come to baba budangiri to get mentally refresh. On Aug 5 he was to return back to Bengaluru but his number was not reachable so they started search operation for Basheer. On Thursday they found his dead body in car near Baba Budangiri.
"The police however ruled out murder and added that the heater of the car was switched on and the key of the car was also in ignition, so he might have forgot to switch off the heater. So far we don't have any reason to suspect murder in the case" Chikkamagaluru SP Harish Pandey said.
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Bulk diesel price hike rolled back for Gujarat fishermen: Minister
Gandhinagar (PTI): The latest hike in bulk diesel prices has been withdrawn for Gujarat’s fishermen after the state took up the matter with the Centre, Fisheries Minister Jitu Vaghani said.
The price of premium or higher-grade petrol was increased on Friday by Rs 2 per litre, while the rate of bulk diesel sold to industrial users was hiked by Rs 22.43 a litre, reflecting the spike in global oil prices amid the West Asia conflict.
Vaghani on Saturday said the Gujarat government had urged the Centre to offer relief to the fisheries sector by considering a “special exception” and withdrawing the increase of Rs 22.43 per litre in the price of bulk diesel used in fishermen’s boats.
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The state urged that fishermen be considered on par with retail customers, he said.
“Under the guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Centre has accepted this reasonable representation of the fishermen of Gujarat. The Centre has instructed Bharat Petroleum to withdraw the increase of Rs 22.43 in the price of diesel used in fishermen’s boats, an official release said.
“So, the fishermen of the state will now receive diesel at the previously decided concessional rate,” it added.
The Gujarat government had signed a pact with the public sector undertaking Bharat Petroleum to ensure diesel for fishermen at a discounted price. However, the PSU recently increased the diesel price for fishermen by Rs 22.43 per litre.
“A representation was made to Vaghani, MLAs, local leaders and various fisheries organisations. Considering the seriousness of the matter, Vaghani, under the guidance of the chief minister, made a representation to the Centre to intervene in the matter,” the release said.
