Hindustan Times ·
Banking scam redux?: <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>224-crore panchayat funds parked in private banks sans Haryana nod
Banking scam redux?: ₹224-crore panchayat funds parked in private banks sans Haryana nod
About 124 acres of panchayat land was sold to IOCL by Bal Jattan gram panchayat, while Khandra gram panchayat sold about 56 acres to IOCL for a combined sum of ₹383.45 crore, the amount being received in the saving bank accounts of the gram panchayats in the Punjab National Bank
Months after the multi-crore IDFC First Bank financial scandal shook the Haryana government, another episode of alleged irregularities in the handling of public funds and their deposit in private sector banks without the approval of competent authority has surfaced.
