6 Haryana IAS Officers Among 19 Chargesheeted in ₹504-Crore Bank Fraud Case
What Happened
The CBI has filed a third chargesheet against 19 accused, including six Haryana cadre IAS officers, three officials of IDFC First Bank, one official of AU Small Finance Bank, and nine other government officials in an alleged ₹504-crore misappropriation of Haryana government funds. The agency alleges that funds belonging to eight state departments and organisations were diverted from empanelled banks into specific branches of the two banks and then fraudulently transferred to third parties.
Key Takeaways
The case is one of the biggest alleged government fund diversion scams in Haryana in recent years. The chargesheet indicates the CBI believes there was collusion between public officials and bank personnel to bypass financial safeguards, with the investigation now expanding to senior bureaucrats and banking executives. The total number of accused chargesheeted in the case has reached 37.