Newly-wedded Mangaluru expat, mom killed in Saudi mishap; wife, dad injured

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May 16, 2016

Mangaluru, May 16: A young Indian expatriate worker and his mother were killed on the spot while a few others including his father and wife suffered injuries in a ghastly road mishap occurred in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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The incident took place on Sunday on Al-Qassim road when the family hailing from Montepadavu village in Mangaluru taluk was returning to Jubail city in a car after visiting holy cities of Makkah and Madinah to perform Umrah.

The deceased have been identified as Abbas (29) and his mother Khatheejamma (50). Mainaz (20) and Mohammed (60), the wife and father of Abbas respectively also suffered injuries.

Abbas, who had been working for a construction company in Jubail in the eastern province of Saudi Arabia, had invited his wife and parents to the Kingdom nearly 15 days ago.

Last week, the four members of Abbas' family and another four members of a Kerala based expatriate family from Jubail went for Umrah in a Toyota Fortuner car.

While returning from the pilgrimage, the driver lost control over the car nad accidentally rammed into a road median at around 2:00 a.m. on Sunday.

The intensity of the crash was such that the car was reduced into a bundle of metals killing two people on the spot. The injured were rushed to a nearby hospital by those who witnessed the tragedy.

The Kerala based family including the driver and his wife also sustained major injuries in the crash. A 4-month-old baby is said to be in a critical condition.

It is learnt that Abbas and Mainaz had entered into wedlock only a few months ago. Mainaz hailed from Mulki Kannagar village.

On hearing the news, Karnataka health minister and local MLA UT Khader visited the house of the bereaved family at Montepadavu and consoled the aggrieved members.

Comments

Mahammad Iqbal
 - 
Saturday, 21 May 2016

1. Both the families travelled in a single car, its Toyota Fortunur.
2. Abbas,s Dad(My paternal uncle) was least injured among all. Alhamdulillah.
3. The Driver and his family hailing from kerala have suffered major injuries. including one of their kid just 4 months old was too critical and is in ventilator for last 5 days. Driver has a injury on his head and Back , his wife has injury on her spinal cord. 2 of the other kids have severe injuries but are safe and stable.
FYI - I have been to loacation and I was there until the body is been buried.

Prayers for the families please

Ajaz H
 - 
Wednesday, 18 May 2016

Innalillahi wa inna ilaihi rajioon...

imtiaz
 - 
Tuesday, 17 May 2016

inna lillaahi wa inna ilaihi raajiwoon.. may Allah forgive their sins and grant dem jannah...

Zubair
 - 
Monday, 16 May 2016

Very big tragedy, Inna Lillahi wa Inna ilahi rajivoon

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To build trust, the fraudster asked him to invest ₹30,000 on September 24. The trader soon received ₹34,000 as “profit,” convincing him the scheme was genuine. Over the next two months, he transferred money in multiple instalments via Google Pay and IMPS to different scanner codes and bank accounts shared by the scammers. Between September 24 and December 3, he ended up sending a total of ₹33.1 lakh.

When he later requested a refund of his investment and promised returns, the scammers demanded additional payments, claiming he needed to pay a “service tax” first. Even after he paid a small amount, no money was returned, and the scammers continued pressuring him for more.

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