On Thursday, 20 June, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the IMA scam raided the head office of IMA Jewels, located in Bengaluru’s Shivajinagar area. SIT sleuths they seized silver ornaments in the raid.
SIT sources say the jewellery store’s shelves were empty and the silver which has been seized needs to be valued to determine its cost.
“There were about 15 to 20 employees at the office. They were here because they wanted to get their original certificates, like marks cards, back. We interviewed them and took information about the workings of the office. We found only silver in the vault. The shelves were empty,” an SIT official said.