Udupi: BJP General Secretary and Udupi-Chikmagaluru MP Shobha Karandlaje on Saturday shared copies of document of a sale deed between senior Congress leader Zameer Ahmed Khan and MD of IMA Group of Companies which is in headline due to alleged cheating and fraud case of worth more than one thousand crores.

Sharing pictures of the documents on her twitter handle, Shobha demanded CBI probe into the matter as name of senior Congress leader Zameer Ahmed Khan has popped up into it.

She further claimed that many other ‘bigwigs’ are also part of the scam which makes the CBP probe the ‘only ray of hope for the thousands of victims of the scam’.

“As I always said, the deals b/w Zameer Ahmed & #IMAFraud Mansoor Khan is out, many other bigwigs are also part of this scam. I strongly demand the investigation to be handed over to CBI, which is the only ray of hope for the thousands of victims of #IMAJewelsScam” Shobha posted.

In a similar post, the official twitter handle of state BJP had shared the same imaged and had posted that “Victims of IMA jewellery fraud will be denied justice if investigating is carried out under the watch of @hd_kumaraswamy govt” while demanding for CBI probe of the scam.

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Panaji (PTI): As part of a crackdown against tourist establishments violating laws and safety norms in the aftermath of the Arpora fire tragedy, Goa authorities on Saturday sealed a renowned club at Vagator and revoked the fire department NOC of another club.

Cafe CO2 Goa, located on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea at Vagator beach in North Goa, was sealed. The move came two days after Goya Club, also in Vagator, was shut down for alleged violations of rules.

Elsewhere, campaigning for local body polls, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said the fire incident at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub at Arpora, which claimed 25 lives on December 6, happened because the BJP government in the state was corrupt.

An inspection of Cafe CO2 Goa by a state government-appointed team revealed that the establishment, with a seating capacity of 250, did not possess a no-objection certificate (NOC) of the Fire and Emergency Services Department. The club, which sits atop Ozrant Cliff, also did not have structural stability, the team found.

The Fire and Emergency Services on Saturday also revoked the NOC issued to Diaz Pool Club and Bar at Anjuna as the fire extinguishers installed in the establishment were found to be inadequate, said divisional fire officer Shripad Gawas.

A notice was issued to Nitin Wadhwa, the partner of the club, he said in the order.

Campaigning at Chimbel village near Panaji in support of his party's Zilla Panchayat election candidate, Aam Aadmi Party leader Kejriwal said the nightclub fire at Arpora happened because of the "corruption of the Pramod Sawant-led state government."

"Why this fire incident happened? I read in the newspapers that the nightclub had no occupancy certificate, no building licence, no excise licence, no construction licence or trade licence. The entire club was illegal but still it was going on," he said.

"How could it go on? Couldn't Pramod Sawant or anyone else see it? I was told that hafta (bribe) was being paid," the former Delhi chief minister said.

A person can not work without bribing officials in the coastal state, Kejriwal said, alleging that officers, MLAs and even ministers are accepting bribes.