Karnataka Minorities Welfare and Wakf minister B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan.
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Bengaluru: The Housing, Wakf and Minority Welfare Minister BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan on Tuesday appeared before the Karnataka Lokayukta police in connection with a disproportionate assets case.
Zameer appeared before the investigating officer and produced the documents. His statement was also recorded.
The minister had previously skipped three summons from the Lokayukta police. “I have provided everything they asked for and they needed some details for the statement,” Zameer told the media.
In 2021, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) searched the premises belonging to Khan in connection with the case after the IMA Ponzi scam came to the fore. It was alleged that Khan was found possessing assets of 2,031% of the known sources of his income.
ED had said that it found a certain transaction between Khan and Mansoor Ali Khan, the promoter of the IMA group to the tune of Rs 9.38 crore via cheque.
A report by the ED was submitted to the now-defunct Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), which registered a case in 2022. The case was then transferred to the Karnataka Lokayukta after the ACB was abolished. In November 2023, the Karnataka High Court rejected a petition by Khan in connection with the case.