IMA Jewellers case: 23 properties worth Rs 300 cr. seized

TIL Desk/Business/Bengaluru/ The Karnataka government has seized 23 properties of IMA Jewellers scam prime accused Mansoor Khan valued at Rs 300 crore in five districts across the southern state, an official said on Wednesday.

“We have seized 23 properties valued at Rs 300 crore of Khan in Bengaluru, Chikkamagaluru, Davangere, Hassan and Kolar in the state as part of the investigation in the multi-crore Ponzi scheme scam,” Bengaluru Urban District Deputy Commissioner K. Srinivas said here in a statement in Kannada.

The previous Congress-JD(S) coalition government had set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) on June 11 to probe the scam in which about 40,000 people from across the state and outside were allegedly duped of their hard-earned money they invested in Khan’s Ponzi scheme in the form of deposits, gold and jewellery since a decade.

“We are seeking the special court’s permission to interrogate Khan on the scam as he is lodged in city central jail under 14-day judicial custody since August 1,” an SIT official told.