{"id":63389,"date":"2026-04-09T16:12:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T10:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/?p=63389"},"modified":"2026-04-09T16:12:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T10:42:24","slug":"haryana-suspends-two-ias-officers-amid-suspected-idfc-bank-fraud-link","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/latest\/haryana-suspends-two-ias-officers-amid-suspected-idfc-bank-fraud-link\/","title":{"rendered":"Haryana suspends two IAS officers amid suspected IDFC Bank fraud link"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chandigarh: The Haryana government has suspended two senior IAS officers, with orders issued by Chief Secretary Anurag Rastogi. The suspension order, however, does not specify the reasons.<\/p>\n<p>Sources indicate that the action may be linked to the recently surfaced IDFC Bank fraud case. The suspended officers are Pradeep Kumar-I (2011 batch) and Ram Kumar Singh (2012 batch).<\/p>\n<p>Pradeep Kumar was serving as Director and Special Secretary in the State Transport Department, while Ram Kumar Singh held the post of Special Secretary in the Revenue and Disaster Management Department and was also Additional CEO of the Panchkula Metropolitan Development Authority (PMDA).<\/p>\n<p>The move has also been linked to the transfer of 15 IAS officers announced late Wednesday night. Reports suggest a CBI probe into the alleged IDFC Bank fraud may begin soon, and the government has already sidelined multiple officers ahead of the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>According to separate orders issued by the Chief Secretary\u2019s office, both officers have been suspended under the All India Services (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1969.<\/p>\n<p>During the suspension period, their headquarters will remain at the Chief Secretary\u2019s Services-I branch in Chandigarh, and they will be entitled to subsistence allowance as per rules.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chandigarh: The Haryana government has suspended two senior IAS officers, with orders issued by Chief Secretary Anurag Rastogi. The suspension order, however, does not specify the reasons. Sources indicate that the action may be linked to the recently surfaced IDFC Bank fraud case. The suspended officers are Pradeep Kumar-I (2011 batch) and Ram Kumar Singh [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18560,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1188,19,37],"tags":[14281,14280],"class_list":["post-63389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-haryana-news","category-latest","category-national","tag-amid-suspected-idfc-bank-fraud-link","tag-haryana-suspends-two-ias-officers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Haryana suspends two IAS officers amid suspected IDFC Bank fraud link - PunjabENews<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/latest\/haryana-suspends-two-ias-officers-amid-suspected-idfc-bank-fraud-link\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Haryana suspends two IAS officers amid suspected IDFC Bank fraud link - PunjabENews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Chandigarh: The Haryana government has suspended two senior IAS officers, with orders issued by Chief Secretary Anurag Rastogi. 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