CBI court convicts five for bank fraud
Chennai, Aug 31 : A CBI special court on Friday convicted five persons and sentenced them to jail, including an official of Canara Bank, for five years in a bank cheating case, said the investigating agency.
In a statement issued here, the CBI said the court convicted S.R. Karunakaran, Senior Manager, Canara Bank, for five years. The court also sentenced A.B. Janakiraman, B.Ramesh, B.Suresh and S.Lakshmi.
The court imposed a total fine of Rs 80 lakh on the convicts.
The CBI said the accused Karunakaran abused his official position and permitted temporary overdraft from open cash credit (OCC) accounts without following any procedure.
Karunakaran also allowed diversion of OCC funds to the partners of a firm Hobby Screens, Chennai, and caused a loss to Canara Bank to the tune of Rs 2.11 crore, said the probe agency.
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15 IAS officers transferred in Haryana
Chandigarh (PTI): The Haryana government transferred 15 IAS officers with immediate effect on Wednesday.
Among those who have been transferred are Vineet Garg, Chairman, Haryana State Pollution Control Board. He has been posted as the additional chief secretary to the government's printing and stationery department, relieving Raja Shekhar Vundru of the charge, a government order said.
Ajay Kumar, Deputy Commissioner, Gurugram, has been transferred and posted as the deputy principal secretary-II to the chief minister against a newly-created post.
Pankaj Agarwal, Principal Secretary, Irrigation and Water Resources Department, has been posted as the principal secretary in the architecture department, relieving Apporva Kumar Singh of the charge.
Saket Kumar, Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Commissioner and Secretary, Development and Panchayats Department, has been transferred and posted as the commissioner and secretary in the archives department, relieving Shekhar Vidyarthi of the charge.
Mani Ram Sharma, Registrar, Cooperative Societies, has been posted as the secretary in the health department, relieving Rippudaman Singh Dhillon of the charge.
