Chandigarh, Sept. 16 -- 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.

Documents accessed by Hindustan Times showed that two gram panchayats of Panipat district, Bal Jattan and Khandra, received a hefty amount of about Rs.277 crore and Rs.106.44 crore respectively from the sale of panchayat land to the Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL).

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 Rs.383.45 crore, the am...