Bengaluru: At a time when the investigation is on the multi-crore scam against IMA Group of Companies Chairman Mansoor Khan, it came to light that he tried to get Rs 600 crore loan from banks.

It is said that in order to come out of the financial crunch of his company, Mansoor Khan, through a minister, had tried to get Rs 600 crore loan from banks. But because of the timely action of a senior IAS officer, he had failed to get the loan; sources said.

He had applied to various banks for loans. But due to the RBI warning against his transactions, banks denied him the loans and said they could give him the loan if he can produce No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the state government. Following banks objection, he had developed a friendship with ministers and politicians to get a NOC for the loan.

It is said that believing his words, a senior minister has reportedly directed an IAS officer to give him a NOC. But the IAS officer who suspected the business transaction of IMA convinced the minister against giving him the NOC after verifying the documents. After IAS officer said that issuing NOC to Khan could lead to legal complications, the minister reportedly dropped the idea of getting him the NOC.

SIT raid

The SIT officials who have been investigating the IMA scam conducted raids on various places at Shivajinagar, Frazer Town, KR Puram, and Indira Nagar in Bengaluru and verified the documents. The officials also conducted raids on the houses of the directors of IMA who were in the custody of SIT and got the statements of the accused and recovered the documents.

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Vadodara, Feb 19 (PTI): Skipper Meg Lanning struck 69 off 49 balls as Delhi Capitals produced a solid batting effort to beat UP Warriorz by seven wickets and register their second win in the Women's Premier League here on Wednesday.

Sent into bat, UP Warriorz rode on opener Kiran Navgire's quick-fire half-century to post 166 for seven.

But the total was not enough as besides Lanning, Annabel Sutherland played a crucial 35-ball 41-run knock and was ably supported by Marizanne Kapp (19 not off 17) and opener Shafali Verma (16 off 16). Delhi completed the chase with a ball to spare.

DC were off to a brisk start with Shafali and Lanning sharing 65 runs in just 41 balls for the opening stand.

Shafali was going great guns before she was caught by Chinelle Henry off Deepti Sharma in the seventh over.

Jemimah Rodrigues too didn't last long as she departed in the next over without opening her account, trying to paddle sweep Sophie Eccestone but only managing to get a top edge and Rajeshwari Gayakwad did the rest.

Sutherland and Kapp then shared 48 runs for the fourth wicket to take DC home.

With 32 needed from the last three overs, Kapp brought the equation down by hitting Ecclestone for two consecutive boundaries.

With 11 required off the last over, Sutherland struck two boundaries off Tahila McGrath to take her side home.

Earlier, sent into bat, Navgire (51 off 27 balls) and Dinesh Vrinda (16 off 15) shared 66 runs in 5.5 overs to give a great start to UP Warriorz innings.

Thereafter, UP Warriorz lost five wickets for 52 runs.

Sheweta Sehrawat (37 off 33) and Grace Harris (12) added 36 runs for the fifth wicket before the latter spooned a straightforward catch to Shafali Verma at mid-off off the bowling of pacer Arundhati Reddy.

Towards the end, Chinelle Henry (33 not out off 15) played a brief little cameo to take UP Warriorz past 160.

For DC, Annabel Sutherland was the pick of the bowlers with figures of 2/26 from her four overs.