IMA Chairman Mansoor Khan sent to 14-day ED custody
Bengaluru: A special court on Thursday sent IMA Group of Companies Chairman Mansoor Khan to 14 days custody to Enforcement Directorate (ED).
Khan, who was presented before the court on Thursday will be held at Parappanahalli Agrahara Jail.
The court also approved appeal made by SIT investigating the multi-crore scam appealed to not allow Khan to meet his friends and relatives during the custody citing that it can hinder the investigation.
Defence lawyer C K Nandakumar appealed the court to grant permission to Khan to be treated at Victoria Hospital in the city adding that he was suffering from Acute Coronary Syndrome and had undergone Angioplasty surgery. Taking note of the opposition by SIT and ED to the appeal the court granted Khan permission to be treated at Jayadeva Hospital while upholding its order of not allowing Khan to meet anybody.
The ED also expressed fear of escorting Khan to jail adding that Khan was facing severe threat. ED asked the court officials to escort Khan to jail, the request was however laid down by the court which ordered ED to do the job.
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Advocate found dead in car on Nainital court premises
Nainital (PTI): A 55-year-old advocate allegedly died by suicide after shooting himself inside his car at the Nainital district court parking lot here on Monday, police said.
According to the police, Puran Singh Bhakuni, a resident of Mallital, was found in the rear seat of his vehicle with a gunshot wound to his temple.
Police recovered a licensed pistol from his hand and a suicide note from the car’s dashboard. The note stated that Bhakuni was unwell and suffering from depression.
"We received information through lawyers around noon. The deceased was lying in the back seat with a pistol in his hand and blood near his ear," Circle Officer Anjana Negi said.
Forensic teams and ballistic experts reached the spot to collect evidence, as no witness reported hearing the gunshot.
Government counsel Sushil Sharma stated that Bhakuni left home at 9 am and was found dead at 9.30 am.
Sharma raised concerns over the circumstances, noting that the body was in the rear seat, and demanded a thorough probe to rule out foul play. Bhakuni, who worked as a notary, had married six months ago, he said.
Police took the body into custody and sent it for a postmortem to confirm the cause of death.
The forensic laboratory will examine the suicide note and the ballistics of the weapon, the police said, adding that the investigation is ongoing.
