The special investigation team, probing the multi-crore IMA Jewels ponzi scam, has released Congress MLA Roshan Baig after around 12 hours of questioning.

Roshan Baig was detained on Monday night when he was about to board a chartered plane from the Bengaluru international airport, Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy had said.

Earlier in the day, Roshan Baig’s son had moved the high court against the Congress MLA’s detention by the SIT. Roshan Baig has now been asked to appear before SIT on July 19 for further interrogation, ANI reported.

IMA Ponzi Scam case: Suspended Congress MLA Roshan Baig who was taken for inquiry yesterday from Bengaluru airport back home after interrogation ended for today. He was allowed to appear on July 19 for further interrogation pic.twitter.com/slXWpAxuvU

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Karnataka Chief Minister Kumaraswamy accused the BJP of pulling down his government. On Monday, he presented Baig's case to prove his point.

The chief minister also shared a document on Twitter showing that the plane was supposed to fly Baig as a passenger.

Baig was supposed to appear before the SIT Monday but citing some important work he did not turn up and sought time till July 25 but the investigators asked him to depose on July 19 instead.

He was needed in the case as the ponzi scheme operator Mohammad Mansoor Khan had accused him of taking Rs 400 crore and not returning it. Baig has refuted the charge calling it baseless and frivolous.

Leaving more than 30,000 investors in the lurch, Mansoor Khan fled to an unknown place.