NEW DELHI Jan 08 (TNS): Abdul Basheer 47, who was brutally attacked by four persons on January 3 to avenge the death of Hindu activist Deepak Rao in Katipalla, succumbed to his injuries at a private hospital on Sunday.
According to sources, Basheer had multiple injuries due to severe attack on Wednesday night. Several surgeons treated him and multiple surgeries were conducted. However, he was declared dead around 8am.
Soon after the death announcement a large number crowd started to gather at the mortuary. People representatives: U T Khader, minister for food and civil supplies and MLA B A Mohiuddin Bava and former minister Krishna J Palemar visited the mortuary. However, crowd asked Palemar to leave the place, who was trying to speak to media. Crowd shouted slogans against him for utilising mortuary for political issues. Meanwhile, police said that there is no permission for holding funeral procession. Burial will be held around 7pm as they are waiting for Basheer’s son who is in Abu Dhabi. One of the relatives said that Irfan, who works in Abu Dhabi had landed there three months ago. He is has taken flight from Dubai to Mangaluru and expected to reach by 6pm.
