New Delhi, January 3: Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena has handed over the investigation of another scam in Delhi government to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
The central agency will now investigate the alleged FD scam of Rs 223 crore against two officials of the Forest and Wildlife Department of the Delhi government.
This matter came to notice in October 2022. Then a CBI inquiry was recommended. The CBI had registered the case to probe alleged forgery and fraud in the investment of Rs 223 crore in the form of fixed deposits in Bank of Baroda by the department.
According to the information, under sections 120B, 409, 420, 467, 468, 471 etc. of IPC, a case has been registered against Bank of Baroda Senior Branch Manager LA Khan and an unknown officer of Forest and Wildlife Department and an unknown officer of Bank of Baroda.
A case has been registered. On behalf of the Forest and Wildlife Department of the Delhi Government, a surplus fund of Rs 223 crore was released to the Paharganj branch of Bank of Baroda for investment in FDI in the name of Release Management Board Fund. Senior branch manager of the bank, LA Khan, transferred Rs 223 crore to an account opened in the name of Delhi Urban Center Improvement Board in the Bank of Baroda Paharganj branch, which was a fake account. When the information was verified, the transfer was detected.
Investigation revealed that L A Khan, senior bank manager of Bank of Baroda, along with an unknown officer of Forest and Wildlife Department, wrongly transferred Rs 223 crore to the account of Delhi Urban Center Improvement Board with the help of fake letter.
After investigation, a case was also registered against the bank officials. Now the Lieutenant Governor has also given permission to run a case against two officers of the department.
