New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has named six IAS officers in its third charge sheet in the alleged ₹504 crore IDFC Bank fraud case. This case involves several departments and institutions of the Haryana government.
The CBI filed the charge sheet in a special CBI court on Wednesday. Three of the six officers involved have already been arrested during the investigation.
Three officers already arrested
The charge sheet names Pradeep Kumar, the then Member Secretary of the Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB), Ram Kumar Singh, the then Commissioner of Panchkula, and Pankaj Aggarwal, the then Chairman of the Haryana State Agricultural Marketing Board (HSAMB).
The CBI had previously arrested these three during the investigation of the case.
Names of three other senior officials also included
The CBI has also named Mohammad Shayin, the then Managing Director of Haryana Power Generation Corporation Limited (HPGCL), Saket Kumar, the then Commissioner and Secretary of the Development and Panchayat Department, and Vineet Garg, the then Chairman of the HSPCB, in the charge sheet.
Case involving multiple government departments
According to the investigating agency, the alleged financial irregularities worth ₹504 crore relate to transactions involving several Haryana government departments and institutions.
This is the CBI’s third charge sheet in this case. The investigation into the alleged bank fraud and the role of other individuals involved is still ongoing.
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