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IMA Jewels MD Mansoor Khan fled to UAE on June 8, say police

12:49 PM Jun 14, 2019 | Team Udayavani |

Bengaluru: Police investigations into the IMA fraud case has revealed that Mohammed Mansoor Khan, managing director of IMA Jewels has fled to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on June 8.

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Khan who has allegedly defrauded thousands of investors to a tune of Rs 2,000 crore is said to have boarded an Emirates flight, from Kempegowda International Airport at 8.45 pm on June 8.

Earlier in the week, Khan went missing and an audio clip of him stating that he was committing suicide, accusing MLA Roshan Baig of cheating him of Rs 400 crore went viral on Whatsapp.

Investigations into his whereabouts has further revealed that an amount of 19 crore rupees was transferred from the IMA account to his personal account before he fled the country.

As per sources, the money was obtained by liquidating most of the gold and diamonds in his shops into cash.

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The case has been handed over to the SIT. Meanwhile the custody of seven arrested directors was also given to the SIT, and the team will start official interrogation from Friday.

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