In Haryana, the State Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau has arrested another accused in connection with an alleged multi-crore-rupee financial irregularity and embezzlement of government funds from the Panchkula Municipal Corporation.
A team from the Bureau’s Panchkula office arrested Samar Mohan Ranga, a resident of Mohali, Punjab. He was produced before a court and remanded to two days’ police custody.
The Bureau said Ranga had been absconding and is alleged to have colluded with officials and employees of Kotak Mahindra Bank’s Sector 11 branch in Panchkula to illegally transfer around 5.19 crore rupees from the Municipal Corporation’s account to a joint account held by him and his wife, Neha Samar Ranga.
The investigation has also revealed discrepancies between bank records and those of the Municipal Corporation, including bank accounts that were allegedly not reflected in the Corporation’s official records.
The Bureau said nine other accused had earlier been arrested, and a charge sheet has already been filed against them in court.