Chandigarh, July 8 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested two officials of the Haryana Labour Welfare Board (HLWB) in connection with the alleged misappropriation of government funds from the Board’s account maintained with the Sector-32 branch of IDFC First Bank in Chandigarh, an official statement said on Wednesday.The arrested officials have been identified as Accounts Officer Jugal Kishor and contractual Accountant Amit Kumar.The case was taken over by the CBI on a ref…
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New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested the then senior accounts officer of the Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) in connection with the misappropriation of government funds from the Board’s account maintained with the Sector 32, Chandigarh branch of IDFC First Bank. Parveen Kumar was arrested after the investigation revealed that the bank account used for wrongdoings was opened by him in a clandestine manner, without any record or approval in th…
Chandigarh, June 30 (IANS) The CBI arrested Pardeep Kumar, IAS, former Member Secretary of Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB), in connection with the misappropriation of Rs 169 crore in government funds from the IDFC First Bank branch in Sector-32 here, an official said on Tuesday. An investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) revealed that the actions of Pardeep Kumar, as Member Secretary, had a direct nexus with the fraud, according to an official statement.Before th…
Chandigarh, June 23 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Pankaj Aggarwal in connection with the misappropriation of government funds deposited with the Chandigarh branch of IDFC First Bank. This was the second arrest of an IAS officer in the case. Aggarwal, who is blamed for fund embezzlement of the Haryana School Shiksha Pariyojna Parishad and the Haryana State Agriculture Marketing Board, will be produced before the co…
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested senior IAS officer Pankaj Aggarwal in connection with the alleged misappropriation of government funds from accounts maintained by the Haryana School Shiksha Pariyojna Parishad (HSSPP) and the Haryana State Agricultural Marketing Board (HSAMB) at the Sector 32 branch of IDFC First Bank in Chandigarh. Aggarwal, who served as the Principal Secretary of the School Education Department and the Agriculture Department at …
Chandigarh, June 18 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday arrested IAS officer and former Commissioner of Municipal Corporation (MC) in Panchkula, Ram Kumar Singh, in connection with the misappropriation of government funds to the tune of Rs 79.46 crore maintained by the IDFC First Bank branch in Chandigarh. Investigation has revealed that the account was opened in violation of the extant guidelines of the Haryana Finance Department, and particulars recorded in the account…
Chandigarh, June 7 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted searches at six premises in connection with the ongoing investigation into a Rs 661 crore misappropriation fraud involving IDFC First Bank/AU Finance Bank, officials said on Sunday. These searches, conducted on Saturday, pertained to the siphoning of the government funds in eight departments of the Haryana government and two of Chandigarh, that is, the Municipal Corporation Chandigarh and CREST Chandigarh.The officials…
Chandigarh, June 1 (IANS) The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Chandigarh Zonal Office, has arrested real estate businessman Vikram Wadhwa under the provisions of the PMLA in connection with its ongoing investigation into the alleged Rs 645 crore IDFC First Bank fraud case, an official statement said on Monday.According to the ED, Wadhwa was arrested on May 29 under Section 19 of the PMLA.The agency’s investigation has so far revealed the alleged embezzlement of public funds amounting to approxi…
Panchkula, May 21 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday filed a charge sheet in a Special Court against 15 accused, including three public servants and six bank officials of IDFC First Bank and AU Small Finance Bank, in the case related to misappropriation of Rs 504 crore belonging to the Haryana government. “The charge sheet filed in the Special CBI Court in Panchkula invoked penal provisions of criminal conspiracy, criminal breach of trust, cheating, forgery, destruction…
Chandigarh, May 15 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted searches at multiple locations in Chandigarh and Panchkula, in connection with the Haryana IDFC First Bank/AU Small Finance bank scam on Thursday, to trace “the routing and siphoning of ill-gotten money” from the large-scale embezzlement of funds, an official statement said on Friday.Searches were conducted at 7 locations, including residential premises, business establishments/showrooms of jewellers, premises of s…