<p>The State government, on Thursday, came in for much flak from Opposition MLCs for not taking action against the culprits in the Amanath Bank scam. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Raising the issue, JD(S) senior MLC M C Nanaiah urged the government to hand over the probe to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), and specifically investigation pertaining to irregularities by the Congress MP, K Rahman Khan’s companies. <br /><br />He charged that successive governments, since 2003, have tried to shield the MP and not investigate the irregularities by the 17 companies registered under the names of his wife and children. <br /><br />He said Khan’s family had misappropiated funds to the tune of Rs 45.39 crore by taking loans from Amanath Co-operative Bank.<br /><br />Earlier, Leader of Opposition D V Sadananda Gowda chided the government for not even heeding their own senior leader C K Jaffer Sharief, who had sought CBI investigation into the matter. <br /><br />Home Minister K J George said the government had already filed a charge sheet with the court on misappropriation by three officials of the bank and that the case was still pending. <br /><br />“As regards Rahman Khan, there is no mention of such person in the CID report,” he claimed.<br /><br /> Co-operation Minister H S Mahadev Prasad said the government had launched two inquiries into the bank’s misappropriation, totalling Rs 102.3 crore under Section 64 of Karntaka Co-operative Societies Act , 1959 . “But they have disputed the content of the two inquiries and have approached the High Court,” he said.</p>
<p>The State government, on Thursday, came in for much flak from Opposition MLCs for not taking action against the culprits in the Amanath Bank scam. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Raising the issue, JD(S) senior MLC M C Nanaiah urged the government to hand over the probe to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), and specifically investigation pertaining to irregularities by the Congress MP, K Rahman Khan’s companies. <br /><br />He charged that successive governments, since 2003, have tried to shield the MP and not investigate the irregularities by the 17 companies registered under the names of his wife and children. <br /><br />He said Khan’s family had misappropiated funds to the tune of Rs 45.39 crore by taking loans from Amanath Co-operative Bank.<br /><br />Earlier, Leader of Opposition D V Sadananda Gowda chided the government for not even heeding their own senior leader C K Jaffer Sharief, who had sought CBI investigation into the matter. <br /><br />Home Minister K J George said the government had already filed a charge sheet with the court on misappropriation by three officials of the bank and that the case was still pending. <br /><br />“As regards Rahman Khan, there is no mention of such person in the CID report,” he claimed.<br /><br /> Co-operation Minister H S Mahadev Prasad said the government had launched two inquiries into the bank’s misappropriation, totalling Rs 102.3 crore under Section 64 of Karntaka Co-operative Societies Act , 1959 . “But they have disputed the content of the two inquiries and have approached the High Court,” he said.</p>
