Chandigarh, August 19, 2026 (Yes Punjab News)
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested an Assistant Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) posted at the Office of the Joint Directorate General of Foreign Trade in Panipat, Haryana, in connection with an alleged bribery case, officials said on Wednesday.
The agency registered a case against the accused on Wednesday following a complaint alleging that he had demanded Rs 30,000 from the complainant for clearing deficiencies and processing an Export Promotion Capital Goods (EPCG) authorisation file relating to the complainant’s client.
The CBI laid a trap and allegedly caught the public servant while demanding and accepting the Rs 30,000 bribe from the complainant.
The accused will be produced before the designated CBI court in Panchkula.
Searches are currently being conducted at the accused’s residential and office premises as part of the investigation, the agency said.
The development comes amid several ongoing CBI investigations involving alleged financial irregularities in Haryana and Chandigarh.
Last month, the agency conducted searches at five locations in Chandigarh and Ludhiana in connection with the alleged misappropriation of funds from IDFC First Bank accounts belonging to Chandigarh Smart City Ltd (CSCL) and the Municipal Corporation Chandigarh.
The searches covered residential premises and business establishments of suspected beneficiaries of the allegedly defrauded funds, former accountant Anubhav Mishra and private entities linked to the investigation.
The CBI said it seized incriminating documents and other material, including storage devices, digital signatures, property documents, financial records and electronic devices. The seized material is being examined as part of the ongoing probe.
The agency had taken over the investigation from the State Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau in Haryana following a request from the state government.
The broader banking fraud investigation involves allegations that around Rs 504 crore belonging to eight Haryana government departments was siphoned off through forged and non-existent fixed deposits and fraudulent debit transactions at an IDFC First Bank branch in Chandigarh’s Sector 32. The funds were allegedly routed through shell entities.
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