DEVASTATED taxi drivers have paid tribute to their “fallen colleague” after his tragic drowning during a weekend of tragedies in Scotland’s waters.
Workers turned out at Linn Cemetery Extension in the south of Glasgow to honour Muhammed Asim Riaz with a “driver’s salute” at his funeral – a guard of honour for their colleague and friend.
Riaz lost his life after getting into difficulty at Pulpit Rock, Ardlui, on July 24. His friend Edina Olahova, 29, and her nine-year-old son Rana Haris Ali were also pronounced dead on the scene.
A small group of App Drivers and Couriers Union (ADCU) committee members who knew the 41-year-old personally spoke fondly of his memory, with the grey day matching the solemn mood of the occasion.