April 25, 2009 Saturday
Updated

April 25, 2009
Father & son die in fall
By Mavis Toh
HE LEFT India nine years ago to make Singapore his home.

Now, he is buried at the Choa Chu Kang Muslim Cemetery.

Mr Mohamed Farook Ali Akbar, 35, and his seven-year-old son Faheem Mohamed Farook fell to their deaths from the 24th floor of Block 287 in Bukit Batok East Avenue 3 on Friday afternoon.

Witnesses said Faheem fell first.

On Saturday, the two bodies were claimed from the mortuary at about 1.30pm.

Mr Farook's wife, Anis, and about 15 friends and family members then went to a mosque where the bodies were prepared for burial. Religious rites were also carried out.

The bodies were later buried, side by side, at the cemetery.

The Sunday Times understands that a distraught Madam Anis had to be warded in Alexandra Hospital after giving her police statement on Friday evening.

Family friend Muhd Umar Uddin, 40, who accompanied Madam Anis to the police station, said the 32-year-old broke down several times there.

'She was weak and very unstable,' said the odd-job labourer whose wife and Madam Anis are good friends.

Read the full report in The Sunday Times.

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