Chandigarh, April 24 -- The Haryana government has dismissed a development and panchayat department official, Naresh Kumar, over his alleged involvement in the misappropriation of public funds. Naresh, a superintendent rank official in the department, was dismissed from service for his role in the alleged offence of misappropriation without holding a departmental inquiry.

Cited as Naresh Buwani by the anti-corruption bureau (ACB) in its report, officials said that he is an accused in the criminal case pertaining to embezzlement of public funds in alleged collusion with representatives of the IDFC First Bank, now being investigated by the CBI. The CBI took over the probe from the ACB on April 9.

The central agency is probing large-scale,...