Chandigarh, April 25
Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee (HPCC) president Rao Narender Singh strongly reacted to the ₹590 crore bank mega scam that has surfaced in the state, saying that the case reflects a horrifying picture of corruption, patronage, and institutional loot in Haryana. He said that the revelation of ₹200 crore worth of gold purchases has made the entire scam even more serious.
Singh said that facts presented by the CBI investigation and before the court make it clear that a large portion of the public’s hard-earned money siphoned off from IDFC First Bank and AU Small Finance Bank was used to purchase gold. Through shell companies, this gold was routed to influential white-collar individuals, corrupt officials, and even abroad.
Singh said that crores of rupees being transferred from government accounts to private accounts without genuine stamps, without debit notes, without cheques and merely on verbal instructions proves that this is not an ordinary scam, but an organized economic crime carried out under political protection.
The state Congress President said that the dismissal of officials from the education project and panchayat department also exposes the seriousness of the scam. However, the real question is why only lower-level employees and officers are being caught, while the real masterminds behind the loot are still being protected.
