MLA to set up Kabeer relief fund

MANGALORE: Mangalore North MLA Mohiudeen Bava has plans to set up a relief fund linked to Kabeer's mother's bank account to help either the 28-year-old sister of the deceased get married or construct a house for the family.
Those interested in helping Kabeer's family rebuild lives can contribute to the fund. The account will be linked to Khateejumma's bank account.
Bava, lauding chief minister Siddaramaiah for announcing a judicial and CID probe within six hours after the incident and a compensation of Rs 10 lakh, said he will help Kabeer's family get a site to construct house. He appealed to Union ministers M Veerappa Moily and Oscar Fernandes to provide a job for Kabeer's brother either in ONGC or MRPL.
Asserting that he wanted the compensation amount to be enhanced to Rs 25 lakh, Bava said laws should be amended to give stricter punishment to cattle thieves. thieves and also for making Muslims eat the meat of the stolen cattle which according to him is 'haram'.
Regarding the incident in which Mohammed Kabeer, 23, resident of Krishnapura was killed when ANF personnel opened fire on him at Thanikodu checkpost in Sringeri on April 19,
He also questioned the rationale in shooting Kabeer. "If he was taking cattle illegally, there are provisions in the law to punish the guilty. Those who were with him at the time of the incident had told me that the cattle were purchased," he claimed and urged authorities to arrest ANF constable Naveen G Naik forthwith.