Karnataka: Police have registered an FIR against former Waqf Board CEO Zulfiqarullah for a Rs 4 crore financial scam. They allege that in 2016, while serving as CEO, he made an unauthorized transaction of Rs 4 crore from the bank’s Bengaluru branch to the Kolar branch.

Police sources say an FIR was already filed in 2016. This is the second FIR after 8 years. Police told that the CID team has completed its investigation, and they will gather information from them for further investigation.

The complaint states that the government allocated ₹2.29 crore to the Wakf Board for developing a dargah in Kalaburagi. Additionally, ₹1.79 crore was transferred from the Muzarai Department to the Wakf Department in 2016. In total, ₹4 crore was deposited in the Wakf Board’s account at Indian Bank, Benson Town branch, Bengaluru.

It is alleged that then-CEO Zulfiqarullah illegally transferred the entire ₹4 crore to another Waqf Department account in Kolar. The complaint claims this caused a total financial loss of ₹8 crore to the Waqf Department. Ahmed Abbas, the Chief Accounts Officer of the Waqf Board, filed the case at the Bangalore High Ground Police Station.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has detained former minister B Nagendra in a money laundering case involving alleged irregularities in the Karnataka Maharishi Valmiki Scheduled Tribe Development Corporation Limited. The case involves a scam of about ₹187 crores, which is under investigation.

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