IMF chief146;s affair being probed

8220;There was an allegation concerning improper behaviour of a personal nature on the part of the Managing Director Strauss-Kahn,8221; Masood Ahmed, the IMF8217;s chief spokesman, was quoted as saying. 8220;All allegations, particularly relating to senior management, need to be investigated.8221; The investigation, the paper said, focusses on 59-year-old Strauss-Kahn8217;s relationship with Hungarian-raised Piroska Nagy, a former senior official in the IMF8217;s Africa department. Citing unnamed individuals familiar with the issue, the Journal claimed Strauss-Kahn, the former French Finance Minister, and Nagy exchanged e-mails about a possible intimate relationship, which is said to have started early this year. The relationship apparently ended after Nagy8217;s husband Mario Blejer, a prominent Argentine-born economist who has worked at the IMF, discovered the e-mails.