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 shell company created to funnel funds. They are set to be produced in court on April 8. A case regarding the fraud was registered on March 10 following the complaint of CREST chief executive officer (CEO) after financial irregularities, to the tune of Rs.83.04 crore in the society's bank accounts at IDFC First Bank, Sector 32, were detected. Subsequently, a FIR was registered at the economic offences police station (EOPS), Sector 17, invoking multiple sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, including cheating, forgery and criminal conspiracy. A senior officer with CREST had back then said that while the society had received the funds, it wanted the entire matter to be thoroughly investigated to ensure transparency and rule out any irregularities in the transactions. CREST serves as the nodal agency of the Chandigarh administration for promoting renewable energy and science and technology initiatives in the city, including solar systems and electric vehicles....