AP & Telangana State Head – Anandam Dundi :-
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a Senior Manager of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) for alleged embezzlement of 232 crore.
The agency registered the case based on a complaint received from the AAI against the official named Rahul Vijay. It is alleged that while posted at the Dehradun Airport, he engaged in a systematic scheme of fraud and embezzlement of AAI funds by manipulation of official and electronic records.
“During the investigation, it has emerged that in the period 2019-20 to 2022-23, the accused, while posted at Dehradun Airport, manipulated electronic records by creating duplicate and fictitious assets and inflating the values of certain assets, including by adding zeros to entries so as to evade routine detection,” the agency said.
The accused diverted the funds to his personal account. ”Preliminary analysis of bank transactions further indicates that the funds so credited were thereafter transferred to trading accounts by the accused, thereby siphoning public money,” it said.
On August 28, the CBI conducted searches on the official and residential premises of the accused in Jaipur. He was then placed under arrest.