Chennai floods: Muslim man Yunus offers to pay for education of Hindu baby girl named after him

Yunus had rescued Chitra, a heavily-pregnant woman from Urapakkam

December 10, 2015, NewsCrunch

A Muslim man from Chennai, Yunus, has offered to take care of the education expenses of a Hindu girl, who is named after him.

Yunus had rescued Chitra, a heavily-pregnant woman from Urapakkam, and taken her to a hospital. After she gave birth to a girl, Chitra and her husband Mohan decided to name the baby after Yunus.

Moved by their gesture, Yunus decided to take the bonding a step further. He told PTI that  he wished to inform the couple that the child's education fees would be fully borne by him.
When the report was published Yunus was still busy helping other flood victims and had not found time to go and visit the baby.

Yunus, an MBA graduate, is a businessman from Nungambakkam.  On the night of December 2, he organised a small group and went to  Urapakkam, a nearby area, which was badly affected by floods to help stranded people.

He heard Chitra screaming in labour pain and managed to find a boat to take her to a hospital.

Yunus played down his effort. He told reporters that his friends and the fishermen from Besant Nagar beach deserved full credits.