Ex-mayor of Vijayapura took Rs 3.25-cr bribe: CID

The investigation by the CID into the cheating scam in the ICICI Bank branch here has held former mayor Sajjade Peera Mushrif guilty of receiving a kickback from branch manager Vijayasarathi.

The manager is charged with cheating customers of crores of rupees.

Sleuths of the economic offences wing of CID, Bengaluru, have submitted the charge sheet in the additional district and sessions court, naming Mushrif as a suspect.

Mushrif, presently a Congress member in the corporation, had received Rs 3.25 crore in return for conducting the city corporation’s transactions in the account in the bank. Grants to the corporation and its fixed deposits in other banks (before maturity) were shifted to the account in question.

The kickbacks to the former mayor were routed through accused number 2 Sachin Annappa Patil.

During investigation, then commissioner of the corporation S G Rajashekaran said Mushrif had prevailed upon officials to carry out his instructions.

The charge sheet says the transactions were conducted despite objections raised by the deputy commissioner.