Overview
- The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a fresh case replicating the state vigilance FIR and now leads the inquiry into alleged siphoning of Haryana government funds from fixed deposits.
- Case files describe forged cheques and debit notes, fake signatures of a senior official, and transfers to suspected shell firms such as Swastik Desh Project and SRR Planning Gurus.
- Haryana sought CBI intervention citing the scale and possible interstate trails, and the Centre extended jurisdiction under the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act as CBI teams gathered ACB records.
- IDFC First Bank says it returned ₹583 crore in principal and interest to state departments, AU Small Finance Bank reports no financial hit and has put staff off duty, and Kotak Mahindra Bank is reconciling ₹150–160 crore in disputed municipal deposits that could also move to the CBI.
- The state vigilance bureau has arrested several people, including two former IDFC First Bank employees, and Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini says funds were recovered as the government suspended two IAS officers and de‑empanelled Kotak.