Panchkula, June 23 -- A local court on Monday sent suspended IAS officer and former Panchkula municipal corporation (MC) commissioner Ram Kumar Singh, and former superintendent of Haryana development and panchayats department, Prince Sharma, to judicial custody in connection with the alleged misappropriation of Rs.79 crore from the civic body's account at IDFC First Bank's branch in Sector 32, Chandigarh.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had produced the duo before the court after their three-day remand ended.

During the remand period, the CBI confronted the accused with various digital and documentary evidence, including the opening of a new account at IDFC's Sector-32 branch, quotations obtained for fixed deposits, SMS alerts...