India, June 19 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested Ram Kumar Singh, a 2012-batch IAS officer from Haryana, who was Commissioner of the Municipal Corporation (MC) in Panchkula. He is accused of misappropriating government funds from the MC Panchkula account at the Sector 32, Chandigarh branch of IDFC First Bank.

The CBI statement says that Singh was arrested after an investigation found his "active role," "knowledge and active participation" in the fraud. The former Senior Accountant of MC Panchkula, who was also involved, has already been arrested. The CBI states that the MC Panchkula account was opened in violation of the Haryana Finance Department's guidelines.

The particulars recorded on the account-opening form...