Chandigarh, Mar 31 (PTI) Haryana’s State Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau on Tuesday arrested one more person in connection with the alleged discrepancies in Panchkula Municipal Corporation’s fixed deposit receipts of nearly Rs 150 crore at a Kotak Mahindra Bank branch.
The arrested individual — Kapil, a resident of Punjab’s Rajpura and an acquaintance of co-accused Rajat Dahra, who is in police custody — was apprehended from Sirhind, said an official statement.
It said Rs 2.36 crore was transferred to Kapil’s bank account from the Panchkula Municipal Corporation’s account.
The municipal corporation had claimed a multi-crore mismatch in its official records and the balance reflected in Kotak Mahindra Bank’s Panchkula branch.
According to the Panchkula Municipal Commissioner, the discrepancies detected in the fixed deposit receipts were to the tune of Rs 150 crore.
The Haryana State Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (SVACB) had earlier arrested Dileep Kumar Raghav, who was the relationship manager in the bank at the time of the commission of the offence, and another man, Rajat Dahra, in the case.
Preliminary investigation revealed that Raghav conspired with others and sent false reports to Panchkula Municipal Corporation regarding its fixed deposits, resulting in serious discrepancies in records.
The SVACB had filed an FIR after the Haryana government transferred the case to it.
The case, registered at the Anti-Corruption Bureau police station in Panchkula, pertained to Sections 316(5) (criminal breach of trust), 318(4) (cheating), 336(3) (forgery), 338 (forgery of valuable security, will, et cetera), 340 (forged document or electronic record), and 61 (criminal conspiracy) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and to Sections 13(2) and 13(1)(a) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. PTI CHS VSD RUK RUK
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