New Delhi, March 12 : The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday filed a charge-sheet against seven people, including the then executive engineer of Bangalore Development Authority (BDA), P.D. Kumar, and IMA CEO Mohammed Mansoor Khan, in connection with the multi-crore IMA ponzi scam case in Karnataka.
Besides Kumar, Khan and the IMA, the CBI also named IMA directors Nizamuddin Ahamed, Vaseem, Naveed Ahmed and Nazir Hussain in the charge-sheet, which it filed before the principal sessions judge for CBI cases in Bengaluru.
A CBI official said that during investigation, it was found that a bribe amount of Rs 5 crore was allegedly paid in four instalments of Rs 1.5 crore, Rs 1 crore, Rs 1.5 crore and Rs 1 crore during April-May, 2019 by the directors of IMA based in Bengaluru.
According to the CBI FIR, these amounts were paid on the instructions of Khan as part of the conspiracy hatched between him and Kumar in which it was decided that the then executive engineer of BDA would influence the officials of the revenue department of the Karnataka government to accept the closure report submitted by the competent authority and the then assistant commissioner, Bengaluru North sub-Division.
It alleged that the closure report was submitted in April 2019 to the revenue department. Khan was allegedly waiting for this closure report to be accepted.
It was further alleged in the FIR that Kumar was identified due to his old acquaintance with the senior officials of the revenue department of the Karnataka government. Kumar demanded Rs 5 crore with a promise to ensure the acceptance of the closure report. However, the said report was not accepted by the then principal secretary in the revenue department and instead it was sent to the law department. Not satisfied with the report, the department referred the report to the DGP, Karnataka, to conduct further enquiry into the matter.
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