In a significant development, the CBI apprehended senior IAS officer Pardeep Kumar on his retirement day in connection with a ₹593-crore Haryana government funds scam. Investigators allege Kumar's direct involvement in the siphoning of ₹169 crore from the Pollution Control Board, marking the largest loss in the wider fraud. This arrest brings the total to 22, with former bank officials also taken into custody as the money trail is pursued.

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…

CBI arrests IAS official in Haryana for ₹169 crore government funds misappropriation, part of a larger banking fraud investigation.