A senior IAS officer, Pardeep Kumar, has been arrested by the CBI for his alleged role in embezzling Rs 504 crore from Haryana government accounts. Officials state Kumar, as Member Secretary of HSPCB, facilitated the misappropriation of Rs 169 crore through fraudulent fixed deposits and unauthorised bank accounts. Two former bank officers were also apprehended for their involvement in siphoning public funds via forged transactions.

Shamim Dar and Charanjeet Singh Randhawa accused of facilitating fraudulent transactions and routing public money into shell entities through bogus FDs.

A senior IAS officer, Pardeep Kumar, has been arrested by the CBI for his alleged role in embezzling Rs 504 crore from Haryana government accounts. Officials state Kumar, as…