Briefing April 25 – May 1, 2021
Mouazin of Jamia Masjid Srinagar, Molvi Yasin Shah
Octogenarian Muezzin of historic Jamia Masjid Molvi Yasin Shah passed away after a brief illness. His voice calling for prayers in Kashmiri accent would reverberate across the neighborhood, evoking deep emotions. His recitation of the Quran and rendition of Naat would move people spiritually and emotionally. It was after his father’s death, that late Yasin Sahab had taken over the responsibility to be Muezzin. People across political ideologies condoled his demise and many dwellers of the old city took to social media and wrote elegies in memory of the voice they had grown up listening to.
SRINAGAR: More than a month after death of a 34-year-old man at Renji Pattan, police on Thursday claimed to have worked out the case by arresting his wife and another person, alleged paramour of the woman, in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district.
“On intervening night of 8/9th March one Mohammad Altaf Malik son Ghulam Rasool Malik of Seriwarpora son in law of late Abdul Razaq Ganie was found dead near his cowshed at Renji. He was later buried by family members,” a police spokesman said in a statement.
On 22 March, Altaf’s brother submitted application for initiating inquest proceedings as he and his family members were suspicious regarding the death.