Anwar Manippady lodges Lokayukta complaint against Union Minister Rahman Khan for fund misuse

Mangalore Today News Network

Bangalore, Dec 29, 2012: Anwar Manippady, the Chairman of Karnataka State Minorities Commission has lodged a Lokayukta complaint against Union minister for minority affairs K Rahman Khan seeking a thorough investigation into the Rs 300 crore scam in the Amanath Co-operative Bank, which reportedly took place during Khan’s tenure as Chairman of the Corporation.

Anwar-Rahman It may be recalled here that Khan was heading the Corporation between 1988 and 2002. It is also worth mentioning here that Manippady had chosen to oppose when Rahman Khan was inducted into the Cabinet last October.

Anwar has said the Commission has gathered fresh evidences against Rahmath Khan and was seeking a fresh probe into the case. “We have filed the complaint with all the relevant documents and evidences," Anwar said.

Earlier, supporters of Rahman Khan tried to prevent the Minorities Commission Chairman and Members from lodging a complaint resulting in a heated exchange of words between the two groups. Even after the Commission members returned after lodging a complaint with Lokayukta, Rahman Khan tried to confront them and the police had to intervene to cool down the situation.

According to an FIR filed at the Commercial Street Police Station, Bank CEO Shahara Banu in 2003, Khan and several others have been accused of causing loss to the bank by way of sanctioning loans without cross-checking the credentials of the applications. In 2011, the then Karnataka’s Minister for Cooperatives had alleged that Khan had sanctioned "benami loans" when he was the chairman of the bank between 1988 and 2002.

Many of the recipients of such loans, according to the FIR, were Khan’s relatives and friends.

Though a CID probe was conducted, a ‘B’ report was filed in the case. Still, the Bank, in 2009 had decided to initiate proceedings against Rahman Khan and others to recover the misused funds.

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