B M Vijay Shankar was a
Karnataka cadre IAS officer. He was originally a KAS officer and was later
promoted to IAS as per the prevailing rule of UPSC.
Vijay Shankar has
committed suicide on 23rd June, 2020. He was said to be under severe
depression ever since he was arrested in the IMA scam involving crores of
rupees.
Profile of Vijay Shankar
B M Vijay Shankar was
born and brought up in Bengaluru. He had cracked Karnataka Public Service
Commission Examination and was allotted KAS. He was considered as an officer
with integrity and honesty. The blot of IMA scam in which he was also arrested
has made him completely a different person.
As the Deputy
Commissioner of Bengaluru Urban, he was accused of creating false report.
Further, the SIT had found him involved deeply in the infamous I Monetary
Advisory Ponzi Scheme in which thousands of people were cheated. He was
arrested in July 2019 by the SIT probing this case.
He was found hanging in
his house at Jayanagar, Bengaluru. Police is investigating the case.
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