The CBI special court has granted CBI custody of four accused in the Rs 590 crore IDFC First Bank and AU Small Finance Bank scam, including three government servants.One of them is Rajesh Sangwan, Controller, Finance and Accounts, Haryana State Agricultural Marketing Board (HSAMB), Panchkula. According to the state government, a total of Rs 10.07 crore of HSAMB was involved.Another accused in CBI custody is Randhir Singh, who used to work as Controller, Finance and Accounts, Haryana School Education Board (HSEB). A resident of Ambala, Randhir Singh, was dismissed by the Haryana Government on April 24 under Article 311 (2) (b) of the Constitution of India.While posted as Controller (Finance & Accounts) in the Haryana School Shiksha Pariyojana Parishad, Panchkula, Randhir Singh was first arrested by the Haryana State Vigilance & Anti-Corruption Bureau on March 14 in connection with the scam.As per his dismissal order, he was accused of accepting illegal gratification obtained both in the form of cash and also other favours like flight tickets for a tour from Chandigarh to Goa (to and from on June 27, 2025, and June 30, 2025, respectively) for himself and five other family members, the expenses of which were incurred by mastermind Ribhav Rishi and accused Abhay Kumar.Rishi was the branch manager of IDFC First Bank.According to the state government, Haryana School Shiksha Pariyojana Parishad was maintaining a bank account with IDFC First Bank, Sector-32, Chandigarh, in which he was one of the authorised signatories, and his personal mobile number was linked to and operationally associated with the account.An amount of approximately Rs 100 crore was credited to the IDFC First Bank account on January 8, 2025, from the department’s Kotak Mahindra Bank account maintained at Sector 9, Panchkula. Out of which a sum of about Rs 54 crore was allegedly fraudulently withdrawn and misappropriated between January 1, 2025, and February 20, 2026, and distributed to various entities.The third government servant taken into CBI custody is Amit Diwan, Director of Finance at Haryana Power Generation Corporation Limited (HPGCL). According to the state government, in the case of HPGCL, a total of Rs 54.20 crore was involved.The fourth accused taken in custody is a private individual, Ankur Sharma, resident of SAS Nagar.CBI had submitted before the CBI court on April 27 that their custodial interrogation was required to investigate the opening of accounts, transfer of funds from other accounts to accounts maintained at IDFC First Bank and AU Small Finance Bank, manipulation of bank records, creation of fake and forged documents, and siphoning off the state government’s funds to shell companies. From there, the funds were allegedly encashed and utilised to buy gold.The CBI court granted the accused three days’ custody on April 27, and they will now be produced before the court again on April 30.CBI had registered the FIR on April 8, based on the original FIR lodged by the State Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (SV&ACB) on February 23.According to the FIR, the case involves offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act, along with charges of cheating, forgery, criminal conspiracy, fraudulent or dishonest use of forged documents, and criminal breach of trust under the BNS, 2023.