IMA Jewels case: ED issues summon to Mansoor Khan to appear on June 24

IMA Jewels case: ED issues summon to Mansoor Khan to appear on June 24

The I Monetary Advisory (IMA) jewels founder Mansoor Khan is accused of perpetrating financial fraud and has to appear on June 24 at 11 am. The firm is accused of allegedly cheating a large number of investors after promising them impressive returns on their deposits.

ANIUpdated: Friday, June 21, 2019, 08:35 AM IST
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Bengaluru: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday issued first summon to I Monetary Advisory (IMA) jewels founder Mansoor Khan who is an accused perpetrating financial fraud. The agency has asked Khan to appear before it on June 24 at 11 am. The summon was issued by Assistant Director Basavaraj R Magdum.

Earlier in the day, a team of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Karnataka Police conducted a search at IMA Jewel's head office on Lady Curzon Road in Shivaji Nagar area here.

Deputy Commissioner of Police, Girish S said, "30 kilogram of gold, approximately 2600 carat diamond and 450 kilograms of silver were seized. The SIT is also assessing certain property documents recovered during the raid. The estimated value is approximately 20 crore." The IMA Jewels is embroiled in a case where the firm had allegedly cheated a large number of investors after promising them impressive returns on their deposits.

IMA Jewel's auditor Iqbal Khan was arrested by the SIT in connection with the Ponzi scam in Bengaluru on Thursday. Khan, a resident of Frazer town, has been the auditor of IMA for many years. An 11-member SIT headed by DIG BR Ravikanthe Gowda was formed by the Karnataka government to probe the alleged fraud by the firm, which has an estimated Rs 200 crore investment from Muslim women alone.

The SIT on Wednesday had arrested seven directors of different entities linked to IMA founder Mansoor Khan, who is accused of allegedly perpetrating financial fraud in Bengaluru. The accused directors are - Nizamuddin, Nasir Hussain, Naveed Ahmed, Arshad Khan, Wasim, Ansar Pasha and Dada Peer.

The police confirmed that over 25,000 complaints have been filed so far against the company. It is alleged that IMA Jewels, with Muslims as its prime investors, has not paid interests on investments for the last three months. Mansoor Khan disappeared after sending an audio clip to some investors threatening to commit suicide due to what he alleged was "harassment" by some politicians and rowdies.

Khan, in the said audio clip sent to investors, alleged that Karnataka MLA Roshan Baig, who was recently suspended by Congress for "anti-party activities", had taken Rs 400 crore and was not paying back. Baig has, however, refuted the allegation and termed it a "total conspiracy." Scores of investors also staged protests outside the IMA Jewels office, demanding the firm to return their money.

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