Mangalore: Kazi’s Demise – Six Arrested for Forcible Closure of Shops
Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (SP)
Mangalore, Feb 16: While most of the people in Bunder area in the city closed their shops and other establishments voluntarily in the afternoon on Monday
February 15 as a mark of respect for the Mangalore Kazi, Shaikhuna C M Abdulla Musliyar Chembarikka, stone pelting incidents were reported from the area, when certain shopkeepers resisted demands to close their shops.
As the situation was threatening to go out of hand, the policemen from the Bunder station here rushed to the spot, dispersed the people and eased the situation. On the charges of stoning the shops in an attempt to force the concerned to close their shops, six persons, Aslam, Ravuf, Ismail, Iqbal, Ashraf and Imtiaz, were arrested and produced in a local court, informed inspector, Vinay Gaonkar.
Muslims closed their shops in honour of the late Kazi at Bantwal too. Various dignitaries including former union minister, Oscar Fernandes, former minister, Vasant Salian, MLAs, B Ramanath Rai, U T Khader, Coir Board member, T M Shahid, president of the minority cell of the Congress, B A Moideen Bawa, Ullal Darga president, U K Monu Haji, Padubidri zone Muslim Union president, M P Moidinabba, city Central Jumma Masjid Zeenat Baksh president, Haji Y Abdulla Kunhi and other office bearers and trustees etc., have condoled the death of the religious leader.
Karnataka Jamiyyatul Ulema has demanded for a thorough investigation into the mysterious circumstances under which the Kazi’s lifeless body was found lying at the seashore in Chembarikka.