They did not part in death too....

MYSORE/BANGALORE: “They used to come together to attend functions or festivals in Mysore or any another city. They were planning everything together and used to take a collective decision. Sadly, they planned their deaths too and even in death, they were not parted.” These were the words of Afroz Pasha, a close relative of Dr Mohammad Amanulla’s family which committed suicide by injecting themselves an overdose of medicine at their residence at Valmikinagar in Chamarajapet in Bangalore on Friday.Their relatives had gathered at Milad Bagh on Ashoka Road in the city where the bodies of all the four, Amanulla (61), his wife Naveeda Banu (50), their elder son Ehtesham Rasheed (28) and younger son Afam Rasheed (26) were kept for public view on Saturday.As Mysore is the native of Naveeda Banu, their bodies were brought to city on Saturday. After a brief halt at the their house on K T Street, the bodies were kept at Milad Bagh. A large number of Muslims offered mass prayer at Mosque in front of Milad Bagh and paid last respects to the departed souls. Later, last rites was performed at burial ground near Tippu Circle on Bangalore-Mysore Highway.Speaking to Express, Pasha, a relative of Dr Amanulla, said that the family had come to the city along with Nazia, the adopted daughter of the couple, to attend his mother’s funeral about one-and-a-half-months ago. “They did not reveal anything about the problems they were facing. However, when I had telephoned them about a fortnight back, they had informed me about some problem. I had asked them to not be worry,” he explained.He also said that the couple were really concerned about the poor and needy.  “Amanulla and Naveeda had adopted two poor girls from Hassan, Zareen and Nazia. The couple were very keen on the adopted daughters’ lives. Recently, they had found a good alliance for Zareen and had got her married,” he added.Naveeda Banu, a native of Mysore, was married to Amanulla, a native of Kolar, in Mysore in 1984. Later, the family shifted to Bangalore. Adil Rasheed, father of deceased Naveeda Banu, had seven children and was residing at Green Complex on KT Street in Mysore.