Khuram Pasha, a fruit merchant and a resident of 9th Cross, SBM Colony, Udayagiri, passed away yesterday following brief illness at a private hospital in city. He was the nephew of Alhaj K.M. Shariff of Shariff Furniture, Mysuru.

He leaves behind his wife, three sons, one daughter and a host of relatives and friends. Namaz-e-Janaza was held yesterday after Asar (5 pm) at Masjid-e-Adam Khan at Agrahara, followed by burial at Muslim Burial Grounds on Ooty Road here.