A dozen arrested directors of IMA too had invested in group and lost money

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June 23, 2019

Bengaluru, Jun 23: A dozen directors of the I Monetary Advisory (IMA) group -- who have been arrested after their boss Mohammed Mansoor Khan went absconding gulping the money of thousands of investors -- too had reportedly invested in IMA Private Limited.

Sources in the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the group’s alleged multi-billion scam said the directors had not performed their duties as designated directors.

According to SIT chief investigating officer BR Ravikantegowda they are enquiring on the antecedents of the directors. “We are questioning them on different grounds. We cannot say anything more at this stage,” he said.

However, multiple employees with IMA revealed that the directors had invested in the group. “We’re not sure about the exact amount of money they had put in, but they surely had invested. They had also introduced different investorswho had put in more than Rs 10 lakh,” added one of them.

Sources also said that not just the directors, but several teachers from the school IMA had adopted had also invested.

On Thursday, the SIT arrested Shadad Ahmed, 28, Israr Ahmed, 32, P Ahmed, 30, Mohammed Idris, 30, and Usman Abarez, 33 — all directors in IMA group of firms. “They are in police custody for questioning. Some handled financial transactions, but all of them persuaded investors to put money in the company,” a source said. The SIT had earlier apprehended seven other directors.

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Elusive bamboo shrimp resurfaces in Mangaluru estuary after 70 years

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December 7,2025

Mangaluru, Dec 7: A rare bamboo shrimp has been rediscovered on mainland India more than 70 years after it was last reported, confirming for the first time the presence of Atyopsis spinipes in the country. The find was made by researchers from the Centre for Climate Change Studies at Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, during surveys in Karnataka and Odisha.

The team — shrimp expert Dr S Prakash, PhD scholar K Kunjulakshmi, and Mangaluru-based researcher Maclean Antony Santos — combined field surveys, ecological assessments and DNA analysis to identify the elusive species. Their findings, published in Zootaxa, resolve decades of taxonomic confusion stemming from a 1951 report that misidentified the species as Atyopsis moluccensis without strong evidence.

The shrimp has now been confirmed at two locations: the Mulki–Pavanje estuary near Mangaluru and the Kuakhai River in Bhubaneswar. Historical specimens from the Andaman Islands, previously labelled as A. moluccensis, were also found to be misidentified and actually belong to A. spinipes.

The rediscovery began after an aquarium hobbyist in Odisha spotted a shrimp in 2022, prompting systematic surveys across Udupi, Karwar and Mangaluru. Four female specimens were collected in Mulki and one in Odisha, all genetically matching.

Researchers warn the species may exist in very small, vulnerable populations as freshwater habitats face increasing pressure from pollution, sand mining and infrastructure development. All verified specimens have been deposited with the Zoological Survey of India for future reference.

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