Inder Vashisth 
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested Rahul Vijay, Senior Manager, Airports Authority of India, for embezzlement of funds to the tune of approximately Rs. 232 Crore. CBI registered the case based on a complaint received from the Airports Authority of India (AAI) against the Rahul Vijay on the allegations that the accused, while being posted at Dehradun Airport, engaged in a systematic scheme of fraud and embezzlement of AAI funds by manipulation of official and electronic records. Further, public funds to the tune of approximately Rs. 232 Crore were misappropriated by him into personal accounts. As per information, the Airport Authority of India (AAI) constituted a committee to verify the findings, which highlighted a complex trail of fictitious accounting entries, asset inflation, and unauthorised fund transfers from the authority’s accounts to Vijay’s personal accounts.Chandrakanth P, senior manager (finance), AAI, filed a formal complaint with the CBI on August 18.
During the investigation, it has emerged that in the period 2019–20 to 2022–23, Rahul Vijay , 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. 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.
Searches were conducted by CBI on Thursday at the official and residential premises of the Rahul Vijay in Jaipur, which led to the recovery of Incriminating materials, including documents on immovable properties and valuable securities. Further investigation is underway.
(Crime Correspondent)
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