New Delhi: The CBI has filed a cost sheet against a former government engineer of the Bangalore Development Authority for allegedly receiving Rs 5 crore from I-Monetary Advisory (IMA), which is dealing with a probe in a Rs 4,000-crore rip-off, to assist the corporate get a clear chit from the Karnataka income division, officers stated on Friday (March 12).
In its cost sheet filed earlier than the principal classes choose for CBI instances, Bengaluru, the company has named former-BDA government engineer P D Kumar, CEO and MD of IMA Group Mohammed Mansoor Khan, administrators of the corporate Nizamuddin Ahamed, Vaseem, Naveed Ahmed, Nazir Hussain, and the corporate itself.
The probe has proven {that a} bribe of Rs 5 crore (approx) was allegedly paid in 4 instalments — two of Rs 1.5 crore and two of Rs 1 crore throughout April-May 2019 — by the administrators of the stated group of entities (IMA), CBI spokesperson R C Joshi stated in an announcement.
“It was alleged that these amounts were paid on the instructions of CEO and MD (Khan) of the said group as part of a conspiracy hatched between him and the then executive engineer, BDA…,” he stated.
It was determined that Kumar would affect the officers of the income division, the federal government of Karnataka to simply accept the closure report submitted by the competent authority and the then assistant commissioner, Bengaluru North sub-division, Bengaluru city district, he added.
Joshi stated the closure report into the allegations against the IMA Group was submitted in April 2019 to the income division.
“The said CEO and MD were allegedly waiting for this closure report to be accepted. It was further alleged that the said executive engineer (EE) was identified due to his old acquaintance with the senior officials of the revenue department of the Karnataka government. The said EE demanded Rs 5 crore with a promise to ensure the acceptance of the closure report,” he stated.
The report was rejected by the principal secretary of the income division who despatched it for authorized opinion and referred it to the DGP for finishing up a probe against the IMA Group. “It was additionally alleged that because the work was not performed, the stated CEO and different administrators put strain on the stated government engineer (Kumar) to return the bribe quantity.
“He allegedly returned Rs 30 lakh as per the books of accounts of the said group and also issued two cheques from his account for Rs 2 crore and Rs 2.5 crore as a security till the return of the remaining bribe amount in cash,” Joshi stated.
These two cheques issued by Kumar had been recovered through the investigation, he stated. “Several WhatsApp chats between said the executive engineer and the said directors about file movement, gate digital access logs showing the different entry, and statements of several witnesses have been gathered,” he stated.
The company is probing 4 instances in reference to the IMA rip-off that are being monitored by the Karnataka High Court.
“The CBI had earlier filed several charge sheets in connection with the scam. This is a multi-crore scam that allegedly involved unauthorised deposits collected from a large number of depositors. The investigations are continuing on a day-to-day basis,” Joshi stated.
