Overview
- The CBI obtained a two-day police remand of former IDFC First Bank manager Ribhav Rishi after registering a new case under anti-corruption and BNS laws.
- Investigators say Rishi described shell firms and the opening of Haryana government department accounts without approvals using debit notes and signed cheques.
- The agency reports more than 200 suspicious high-value transactions and plans to confront Rishi with WhatsApp chats after receiving CFL Panchkula forensic reports.
- A UK-based woman filed a separate FIR alleging Rishi diverted ₹2.5 crore from her account in 2020, and Chandigarh police plan to seek a production warrant to question him.
- Rishi has been named in earlier Chandigarh MC and CREST frauds, and current findings point to weak checks in opening accounts and verifying documents by officials under scrutiny.