Chandigarh, April 4 -- Five of the accused in the alleged Rs.83-crore financial fraud in Chandigarh Renewable Energy and Science & Technology Promotion Society (CREST)'s IDFC First Bank accounts, have been sent to judicial custody.

The accused include CREST's project director Sukhwinder Abrol, accountant Sahil Kukkar, and bank officials, including manager Ribhav Rishi, official Abhay Kumar and relationship manager Seema Dhiman. Earlier on March 26, a local court had sent main conspirator Vikram Wadhwa to judicial custody.

Meanwhile, a production warrant has been filed for two accused - Abhishek Singla, a resident of Sector 63, Chandigarh, and his wife Swati Singla. Abhishek is a business partner in the Swastik Desh Project, an alleged s...