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IMA Ponzi scam: Rs 2.5 crore seized from arrested IAS officer

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July 13, 2019

Bengaluru, Jul 13: The special investigation team probing the alleged Ponzi scam run by I Monetary Advisory (IMA) recovered Rs 2.5 crore cash from IAS officer and former Bengaluru Urban deputy commissioner BM Vijay Shankar, who was arrested last week.

According to a press release issued by the SIT, the recovered money includes the bribe amount Shankar took from IMA founder-owner Mohammed Mansoor Khan. “The remaining Rs 1 crore was also taken in the form of bribe. Shankar had given the entire Rs 2.5 crore to a city-based builder, saying he’d purchase an apartment and a piece of land,” the SIT press note said.

“The case of bribery by the accused — former DC Vijay Shankar and former AC LC Nagaraj — will be handed over to the Anti-Corruption Bureau for further investigation,” the release added.

Later in the day, SIT produced Shankar, Nagaraj, nominated corporator Mujahid and village accountant Manjunath before a local court, which remanded them in 14-day judicial custody at Central Prison. Following the court orders, the four accused were taken to the prison in Parappana Agrahara.

When SIT sleuths produced the quartet inside the packed court hall, Shankar hesitated to stand in the accused box. However, SIT sleuths forced him inside the box, where he stood with the three others. He broke down when the judge announced the decision to hand him and others to judicial custody. Shankar’s advocates tried to console him but in vain, sources said.

Investigations revealed Mansoor Khan had paid Rs 1.5 crore as advance to a company to jointly bid for constructing a dozen skywalks in the city. They had already constructed three skywalks. “The advance was made in the form of a demand draft to the company. Now, the company has returned the same DD and we have confiscated it,” the release read.

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January 4,2020

Puttur, Jan 4: As many as 27 passengers travelling in a private bus escaped with minor injuries after it toppled and fell into a roadside trench at Amai near Perne on Mangaluru-Bengaluru national highway last night, police said on Saturday.

Police said that the driver of the Bengaluru-bond bus lost control over the vehicle while traversing through the narrow bridge at Amai.

The bus was damaged in the mishap.

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SAYED HUSAIN
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Sunday, 5 Jan 2020

this is one of the important case that now seen to be increasing these days.  and one of the most problem that is faced and had has to be found a solution is overspeeding by bus driving which have resulted in enomours numbers of accidents with negligence of passengers lifes inside the bus.  passengers safety and lifes are not given value anymore. and another important factor is overspeeding in humps  which have resulted in backbone injuries in high number of passengers

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March 8,2020

Mangaluru, Mar 8: A cruise ship with a Panama flag has been turned back at the New Mangalore Port here following the Centre's advisory in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, officials said.

The vessel 'MSC Lirica' was sent back on Saturday as the Union Ministry of Shipping had directed all ports not to allow any cruise ship from foreign destinations to call on Indian ports.

No further details about the ship were disclosed.

New Mangaluru Port Trust chairman A V Ramana said the ministry has directed all ports to deny entry to cruise ships till March 31 in the wake of the coronavirus scare.

Around 25 vessels were expected to call on the port here during the cruise season.

Meanwhile, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) conducted an awareness programme on prevention of coronavirus COVID-19 at Mangaluru International Airport.

The stakeholders were sensitised on handling passengers affected with covid-19 and precautions to be taken for dealing with affected passengers.

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July 2,2020

Mangaluru, Jul 2: Mangaluru BJP Corporator Manohar Shetty, who entered a manhole to clean a drain, said that he did it to avoid waterlogging ahead of monsoon as people were facing several problems for the past few years.

"In my ward, there is a rainwater drain at Kadri Kambla junction and for the past few years, there was a waterlogging problem due to trash water used to collect and vehicles used to find it difficult to pass in that area," Shetty said.

"Since there was a lot of trash it had to be cleared to avoid waterlogging. We changed our dresses, and then I along with my three party workers entered manhole and cleared the trash," he said.

The Mangaluru BJP Corporator further said that it was not a publicity stunt, and he cleaned the drain to solve the problem of people. "During elections, I had promised people to get the drain cleaned. Since monsoon was coming; something had to be done; we did not do it for publicity but to solve a problem," he said.

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