<p class="title">Syed Nazir Ahmed (64), who had laid an example for communal harmony, by starting Vijaya Vinayaka Ganeshotsava Samiti in town, passed away on Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He was a resident of Dakhani Mohalla in Virajpet.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Syed was the founder of Mountain View School and was serving as a member of the Kodagu District Private Unaided Schools' Association.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Being a cricket player and sports events organiser, he had striven to establish the YM Cricket Club in the 1970s.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He established the Vijaya Vinayaka Ganeshotsava Samiti in Dakhani Mohalla in the 90s and became its founder president.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He was ill for the past few days and passed away on Saturday night, at the Designated Covid Hospital in Madikeri.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The final rites were held on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He is survived by his wife and two daughters.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kodagu District Private Unaided Schools' Association president Kotrangada Timmaiah, members of YMCC, Vijaya Vinayaka Ganeshotsava Samiti, Virajpet Muslim Federation and Pragathi School Managing Committee office-bearer M S Poovaiah have expressed their condolences on his demise.</p>
<p class="title">Syed Nazir Ahmed (64), who had laid an example for communal harmony, by starting Vijaya Vinayaka Ganeshotsava Samiti in town, passed away on Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He was a resident of Dakhani Mohalla in Virajpet.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Syed was the founder of Mountain View School and was serving as a member of the Kodagu District Private Unaided Schools' Association.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Being a cricket player and sports events organiser, he had striven to establish the YM Cricket Club in the 1970s.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He established the Vijaya Vinayaka Ganeshotsava Samiti in Dakhani Mohalla in the 90s and became its founder president.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He was ill for the past few days and passed away on Saturday night, at the Designated Covid Hospital in Madikeri.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The final rites were held on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He is survived by his wife and two daughters.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kodagu District Private Unaided Schools' Association president Kotrangada Timmaiah, members of YMCC, Vijaya Vinayaka Ganeshotsava Samiti, Virajpet Muslim Federation and Pragathi School Managing Committee office-bearer M S Poovaiah have expressed their condolences on his demise.</p>
