'IMA' audio clip: Here is what police commissioner, home minister has to say
'Vartha Bharati' had warned its readers about Ponzi schemes earlier
Bengaluru: Hundreds of investors thronged a prominent city jewellery store Monday after an audio clip surfaced where a person alleged to be the owner is heard saying he is going to commit suicide as he was fed up with corruption.
However, no information about IMA owner Muhammad Mansoor Khan is ascertained so far. The IMA Jewelry Shops in Shivajinagar and Jayanagar, and offices of IMA Group Institutions have remained closed.
As soon the audio went viral, investors including a large number of women with their children started gathering at the IMAJewellers headquarters at Shivajinagar near here demanding action against Mohammed Mansur Khan, the owner.
The person is heard addressing police that he was committing suicide as he was fed up withcorruption in the state and central government. In the audio, he is also heard accusing central and state officials of harassing him, compelling him to take the extreme step.
He also asks police to sell all his wealth and jewellery to pay investors and is heard accusing a politician of taking Rs 400 crore from him and not returning it.
Investors claimed they had invested crores in the firm.
High level investigation
Home minister M.B. Patil responded by saying that the case is still in the preliminary investigation therefore he was unable to take anyone's name. I, being a home minister, would not like to fix anybody politically in this case, he said.
"According to preliminary reports, the case is very serious. We will conduct a high level investigation into this case. Innocents are being deceived despite the availability of law. I have collected information regarding the audio clip," he added.
Mansoor Ali Khan is suspected to be absconding in foreign
Muhammad Mansur Khan has not committed suicide. The police have expressed their suspicion that the family had been absconding in Dubai or Saudi Arabia. We are collecting information from Immigration Counters in various airport in the state and of neighboring states including our state.
Vartha Bharati had alerted about this a while ago
On February 6, 2017, 'Vartha Bharti' had alerted people about such companies by publishing a detailed article on its front page. In the article, it was described that how some companies are making money on the name of Halal profit and violating the law. It had warned that the risk is for the investors is sure in this investment. The Vartha Bharati had also a published a detailed report when the Income Tax department had conducted a raid on the IMA Company in April 2017 and found irregularities of Rs 1,000 crore. But IMA chief Mansur Khan had clarified that there was no irregularities in the company. Vartha Bharati had come with a detailed report even when Nauhera Shaikh was arrested in Hyderabad in October 2018 (Oct.18).
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South African police arrest suspect in mass shooting that killed 12, including 3 children
Johannesburg (AP): A 32-year-old suspect has been arrested in connection with a mass shooting which claimed the lives of 12 people including three children at an unlicensed pub earlier this month, South African police said on Monday.
The man is suspected of being one of the three people who opened fire on patrons in a pub at Saulsville township, west of South Africa's capital Pretoria, killing 12 people including three children aged 3, 12 and 16.
At least 13 people were also injured during the attack, whose motive remains unknown.
According to the police, the suspect was arrested on Sunday while traveling to Botlokwa in Limpopo province, more than 340 km from where the mass shooting took place on Dec 6.
An unlicensed firearm believed to have been used during the attack was recovered from the suspect's vehicle.
“The 32-year-old suspect was intercepted by Limpopo Tracking Team on the R101 Road in Westenburg precinct. During the arrest, the team recovered an unlicensed firearm, a hand gun, believed to have been used in the commission of the multiple murders. The firearm will be taken to the Forensic Science Laboratory for ballistic analysis,” police said in statement.
The suspect was arrested on the same day that another mass shooting at a pub took place in the Bekkersdal township, west of Johannesburg, in which nine people were killed and 10 wounded when unknown gunmen opened fire on patrons.
Police have since launched a search for the suspects.
South Africa has one of the highest homicide rates in the world and recorded more than 26,000 homicides in 2024 — an average of more than 70 a day. Firearms are by far the leading cause of death in homicides.
The country of 62 million people has relatively strict gun ownership laws, but many killings are committed with illegal guns, according to authorities.
According to police, mass shootings at unlicensed bars are becoming a serious problem. Police shut down more than 11,000 illegal taverns between April and September this year and arrested more than 18,000 people for involvement in illegal liquor sales.
