Jammu: A man killed his two minor sons before shooting himself dead in Doda district on Monday evening, officials told GNS.
They said that one Suneet Kumar took his 12 bore rifle and shot dead his minor sons—Chander Kanth (17) and Kamal Kanth (15), both students—at Upper Gallo area of Tehsil Kahara of District Doda.
Station House Officer Gandoh, Vikram Singh told GNS that Suneet Kumar along with his family was putting up in his in-laws house at the time of incident. He said that he along with a police party was heading towards the spot. It was not immediately known as to why Kumar killed two sons and himself.
A police officer said that Kumar taking the step in inebriated condition cannot be ruled out. “Investigations are underway,” he added.(GNS)
[01/06, 9:24 am] +91 60053 42241: *Mufti Faiz-ul-Waheed, who first translated Quran into Gojri language passes away*
Srinagar, June 1 (GNS): Renowned Jammu-based Islamic scholar Mufti Faiz-ul-Waheed, who first translated Quran into Gojri language, has passed away in a Jammu hospital on Tuesday, officials said.
Mufti Faiz-ul-Waheed was admitted at Acharaya Shri Chander College of Medical Science (ASCOMS) Jammu and died days after his tests returned negative for the covid-19.
Confirming it, Medical Superintendent ASCOMS Dr Rajinder Ratan Pal told GNS Mufti Faiz-ul-Waheed died at 7:30 a.m.
He was on ‘life-supporting system with multiple organ failure’ since his admission to the health facility.
A colleague of the ailing scholar told GNS that ‘Mufti Sahab’ had fallen ill nearly a week before and was however taken to the hospital on May 23.
Mufti Faiz-ul-Waheed was born in 1966 in Dodhasan Bala in Rajouri district and was accredited for being the first Islamic scholar to translate the Holy Quran into Gojri language. The scholar had also authored several booklets including ‘Siraj-um-Muneera’, ‘Ahkam-e-Mayyat’ and ‘Namaz Kae Masayil Quran-o-Hadees Ki Roshni Mei’.
The acclaimed scholar an authority in Fiqh – Islamic Jurisprudence (Sharia Law) – in the city of Jammu was also patron of an Islamic seminary Madrassa Markaz Maarif Ul Quran in Medina Hill, Bhatindi in Jammu. (GNS)