CBI files chargesheet against 15 accused in ₹1,000 crore Haryana bank fraud case

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed its first chargesheet in the multi-bank misappropriation case involving the alleged diversion of nearly ₹1,000 crore from accounts of various Haryana government departments.The agency has chargesheeted 15 accused, including six bank officials from IDFC FIRST Bank and AU Small Finance Bank, three public servants from Haryana government departments, two shell entities along with their three partners/directors, and one private individual.

According to the CBI, the public servants work for Haryana Power Generation Corporation Ltd., the Development and Panchayat Department, and Haryana School Shiksha Pariyojana Parishad.
The accused have been booked for offences including criminal conspiracy, criminal breach of trust, cheating, forgery, destruction of evidence, and offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.The agency said all 15 accused have been arrested and are currently in judicial custody.

“Investigation in respect of all 15 chargesheeted accused persons has been completed concerning the offences for which the chargesheet has been filed,” the CBI said in a statement.

The case surfaced between February and March 2026 after around ₹1,000 crore allegedly went missing from bank accounts belonging to various Haryana government departments.

The accounts were maintained with branches of IDFC FIRST Bank, AU Small Finance Bank and Kotak Mahindra Bank in and around the Chandigarh region.