Former Bahrain resident dies

Former Bahrain resident Kakkonthiyath Abubakkar, aged 67, died in India. He was running a business at the Central Market in Manama for more than 35 years. He died of heart related illness on Wednesday at a hospital in Kerala. He hails from Karunagappally in Kollam district, Kerala. He is survived by his wife Asima Beevi and children Shanavas and Shafeeq who are in Bahrain. Shafeeq is a Indian Youth Cultural Congress (IYCC) Bahrain advisory board member. The burial will take place on Thursday morning at his hometown.