This story is from April 15, 2021

ACB seeks accused statements from ED in the IMS scam

ACB seeks accused statements from ED in the IMS scam
Hyderabad: Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Telangana wrote to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for the accused statements recorded by the investigating officers in the multi-crore Insurance Medical Services (IMS) fraud case. The statements recorded by the ED officer as part of money laundering act cases are admissible in the court as evidence and the ACB investigators want to verify if these can strengthen their cases.
Based on the eight FIRs registered by the Telangana ACB on the allegations of financial irregularities in the purchase and supply of medicines and surgical kits, ED has initiated money laundering investigation against the then director of IMS Devika Rani, her husband, Gurumurthy, Srihari Babu alias Babji of Omni group among others.

As part of the ACB investigation into the multi-crore IMS fraud, the investigators recorded the statements of the accused as confessions but they are not admissible as evidence.
ACB had also recorded the statements of the witnesses under section 161 of CrPC. Some of the key witnesses whose statements were recorded under section 161 of CrPC are representative of PMJ Jewellers, who mentioned that between 2016-2018 they received multiple cash payments amounting to Rs 6.5 crore from the representatives of Devika Rani.
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