Multi-crore scam: People from Mangaluru also invested in IMA!
Mangaluru: Hundreds of people from Dakshina Kannada district also invested lakhs of rupees in IMA company of Bengaluru. But till date, no one has dared to disclose it publicly. Moreover, they have even not interested to lodge complaints with the police.
People from Mangaluru, Ullala, Detalakatte, Surathkal, Krishnapura and other places invested in the company. Some people have even pledged their gold in banks and societies to invest in IMA, it is said.
Interestingly, some agents and sub agents have been working for the company. In the beginning, investors have got more profit than their expectations for their investment. Observing this, others have also queued up to invest in the company, while some others have invested their hard earned money just a few months back. Now they have become helpless as soon as they heard the scam.
When Varthabharati contacted some of the investors, they said that they suffered a lot due to investment. Even the police complaint would not serve any purpose. They have invested the money for future plans like children's education and others. But they do not have any documents for their investment. So, they could not give complaint, they said. But some others declined to divulge the information.
Company held customers meet
In order to instill confidence about the company and educate the customers about investment and benefits, the company has conducted customers meetings in Mangaluru, Thokkottu and other places. But now, there is no one to answer or clear the confusion about the scam.
- Sandeep Patil, Commissioner, Mangaluru City Police
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Farmers' agitation: SC asks high-powered committee to submit recommendations
New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court on Friday asked a high-powered committee, which was constituted to amicably resolve the grievances of the farmers who held an agitation at the Shambhu border between Punjab and Haryana in 2024, to submit its report-cum-recommendations.
The farmers were protesting over a plethora of demands, including a legal guarantee on the minimum support price (MSP) for their produce.
A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi noted that the matter involving the blockade of highways, particularly at the Shambhu border, stands resolved and vehicles are plying there without any obstruction.
"It seems to us that the matter is now ripe to close these proceedings. This can be done after obtaining a report from the high-powered committee containing their brief suggestions, which can then be forwarded to the appropriate authorities," the bench said.
"We impress upon the committee to submit its report-cum-recommendations...," it added.
The bench said the report-cum-recommendations should be in a sealed cover and the committee would not divulge its content in the public domain until further orders of the court.
The five-member high-powered committee is headed by former Punjab and Haryana High Court judge Nawab Singh.
In September 2024, observing that the farmers' protest should not be politicised, the apex court constituted the committee to amicably resolve their grievances.
The top court had said the issues facing the farmers should not be politicised and be considered by the committee in a phased manner.
The court had passed the order while hearing the Haryana government's plea challenging the Punjab and Haryana High Court's March 2024 order, asking it to remove within a week the barricades erected at the Shambhu border, near Ambala, where the protesting farmers were camping since February 13, 2024.
The Haryana government had set up barricades on the Ambala-New Delhi national highway in February 2024, after the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha announced that the farmers would march to Delhi in support of their demands.
