Former Bengaluru Urban Deputy Commissioner BM Vijay Shankar
CBI had sought to prosecute IAS officer in IMA jewellery case
BENGALURU:
Former Deputy Commissioner of Bengaluru Urban and an accused in the IMA jewellery case, IAS officer BM Vijay Shankar committed suicide on Tuesday evening at his residence in Jayanagar.
Source said Vijay Shankar, 59, hanged himself at his residence. The incident came to light at 7 pm.
Vijay Shankar was earlier arrested in the IMA jewellery case. The case was later referred to the CBI, which had sought permission from the state government to prosecute him.
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Vijay Shankar allegedly failed to point out lacunae in the inquiry conducted by LC Nagaraj (the then Bengaluru Urban assistant commissioner, who gave a clean chit to the IMA and is another accused in the case), forwarding it to the Karnataka government and recommending closure of the case, for which he allegedly received Rs 1.50 crore from an IMA director.
Vijay Shankar was accused number 18 in the case. Several IPS officers are also accused in the IMA case and the CBI has sought prosecution of these IPS officers too.
The main accused in the IMA case, Mohammed Mansoor Khan, managing director of the company, is still in judicial custody.
As per sources, Vijay Kumar was under suspension ever since he was arrested. As per soucrces, his suspension was withdrawn around 20 days back and he was posted as commissioner for Sakala.
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