In a dramatic twist, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday arrested senior IAS officer Pardeep Kumar on the very day he retired, tightening its grip on the massive Rs 593-crore Haryana government funds scam.
Kumar, the former Member Secretary of the Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB), is the third IAS officer to be arrested in the case, according to a report of the Times of India . Investigators claim they have uncovered a direct link between him and the alleged siphoning of Rs 169 crore from HSPCB accounts maintained at IDFC First Bank's Sector 32 branch in Chandigarh.