[color=hsl(0, 0%, 0%)]New Delhi, July 3
[color=hsl(0, 0%, 0%)]The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested Parveen Kumar, the then Senior Accounts Officer, Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB), in connection with the misappropriation of government funds from the account of HSPCB maintained with the Chandigarh branch of IDFC First Bank.
[color=hsl(0, 0%, 0%)]CBI investigation has revealed that the said account was opened by Parveen Kumar in a clandestine manner, without any record or approval in the department, and was operated so as to facilitate the fraudulent transactions carried out subsequently.
[color=hsl(0, 0%, 0%)]The funds of the Board were misappropriated using cheques/debit notes, and the debited amounts were diverted to shell entities controlled and operated by the accused. Even though the account was opened by Parveen Kumar as signatory, the mobile number of another accused who was not working in the department was registered in the account so as to avoid detection of fraudulent transactions in the account.
[color=hsl(0, 0%, 0%)]On the basis of the incriminating material gathered during investigation, his active role came to light, and he has been arrested in the case. CBI has already arrested 2 other officers of the HSPCB so far.
[color=hsl(0, 0%, 0%)]The officials stared that the fraud at HSPCB forms part of a larger scam at the Sector 32 IDFC First Bank branch, in which funds to the tune of approximately ₹504 crore of 8 Haryana Government departments were siphoned off through forged / non-existent Fixed Deposits / Debit notes and routed to shell entities.
[color=hsl(0, 0%, 0%)]17 accused have been chargesheeted by the CBI in this Haryana case, which includes 6 bank officials of IDFC First Bank / AU Small Finance Bank, 3 public servants of the Haryana Government, 2 companies and 6 private persons. It is further pertinent to mention that in this case 25 persons have been arrested so far, officials further stated.
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