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Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini connected Tuesday (February 24, 2026) informed the State Assembly that the State authorities had recovered astir ₹556 crore owed to it successful the IDFC First Bank case.
"Nearly ₹556 crore, including astir ₹22 crore successful interest, came backmost wrong 24 hours," Mr. Saini said successful the House.
On Sunday (February 22, 2026), the slope disclosed a ₹590-crore fraud committed by its employees and others successful accounts held by the Haryana government.
"I privation to clarify earlier the House that the wealth concerning Haryana authorities departments, (the) full magnitude has been deposited backmost into our accounts...The betterment has been made wrong 24 hours," Mr. Saini said.
He said the slope had apprised the authorities that the incidental chiefly progressive a peculiar subdivision of the slope successful Chandigarh, involving 4 to 5 slope employees of mediate and little rung who colluded successful the full thing.
The authorities volition guarantee that anybody who is progressive – beryllium it a slope employee, backstage idiosyncratic oregon adjacent a authorities employee— volition not beryllium spared, helium said.
On Monday (February 23, 2026), Mr. Saini said the State's Anti-Corruption Bureau would behaviour an in-depth probe into the fraud.
"We person formed a committee headed by the Finance Secretary successful this full matter," Mr. Saini said connected Monday (February 23, 2026).
Taking a excavation astatine Congress, Mr. Saini said during the party's time, scams utilized to beryllium hushed up and nary 1 utilized to beryllium held accountable, whereas the BJP authorities is moving with zero tolerance towards corruption.
The Opposition Congress had raised the IDFC First Bank contented successful the Assembly.
The ₹590-crore fraud involving Haryana authorities accounts is the effect of a collusion betwixt employees of the IDFC Bank and outer parties, the bank's managing manager and main enforcement V. Vaidyanathan said connected Monday (February 23, 2026).
In a specially convened telephone for investors and analysts up of the opening of the equity markets, Mr. Vaidyanathan said the slope volition instrumentality immoderate provisions arsenic a effect of the fraud.
