Chandigarh, June 8 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted searches at six locations in connection with the ongoing investigation into Rs.661-crore misappropriation fraud case involving IDFC First Bank and AU Small Finance Bank, pertaining to the siphoning off of funds from eight departments of the Haryana government and two departments of Chandigarh, including the municipal corporation Chandigarh and Chandigarh Renewable Energy and Science & Technology Promotion Society (CREST).

The searches were carried out at premises located in Chandigarh, Panchkula, and Delhi NCR, which included the residential premises of senior public servants of the Haryana cadre, as well as M/s Vipam Consultancy Pvt. Ltd. and its director, in conn...