CHANDIGARH: The Haryana Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau has registered an FIR in the Rs 590-crore fraud involving Haryana government accounts at the Chandigarh branch of IDFC First Bank and AU Small Finance Bank, a government official said on Tuesday.
The case has been filed against bank officials, public servants and other individuals under Section 13 (2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act and Sections 316 (5), 318 (4), 336 (3), 338, 340 (2) and 61 (2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
A day earlier, Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini informed the House that the fraud came to light due to the alertness of state government departments, following which the government immediately de-empanelled the bank.
Statements provided by the bank did not match the records maintained by the departments concerned, and directions have also been issued to constitute a high-level committee to conduct a detailed probe, he said.