CBI Arrests Haryana IAS Officer Pankaj Aggarwal Over Alleged Rs 60.54 Crore Misappropriation:

CBI Arrests Haryana IAS Officer Pankaj Aggarwal Over Alleged Rs 60.54 Crore Misappropriation On June 22, 2026, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) apprehended senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Pankaj Aggarwal. At the time when the alleged crime took place, he was placed in the role of principal secretary in the Department of School Education and the Department of Agriculture, Haryana. The officer is accused of allegedly using government funds from the accounts of Haryana School Shiksha Pariyojna Parishad (HSSPP) and Haryana State Agriculture Marketing Board (HSAMB) maintained with the Sector 32, Chandigarh branch of IDFC First Bank, for personal profit. The accused will be served before the court today.

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When a detailed probe was conducted in the present case, incriminating evidence was found against the IAS officer Pankaj Aggarwal, principal secretary, which indicated that the aforesaid department had come into existence in contravention of the guidelines of the Haryana Government's Finance Department during his tenure period. Subsequent to the establishment of these departments, funds were transferred in excess of limits. The investigation has unearthed that the present crime has caused an aggregate loss of about Rs 60.54 crore to the Haryana government by carrying out fraudulent transactions in the accounts of these departments; funds were misappropriated.

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Investigation in the present case has been taken over by the CBI from the State Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau, Haryana, after a request by the state government. The current scam of Rs 60.54 crores at two departments has resulted in a larger scam at Sector 32 IDFC First Bank Branch, in which about Rs 504 crores of eight Haryana governments were syphoned off and illicitly routed to bogus entities. Currently, names of 17 accused have been listed in the charge sheet of the CBI in the present case, which includes 6 bank officials of IDFC First Bank/AU Small Finance Bank, 3 public servants of the Haryana government, 2 companies, and 6 private persons.