Panchkula, Dec. 28 -- A Panchkula additional sessions court has dismissed an application filed by former Narwana MLA Ramniwas Surjakhera seeking the release of his seized Toyota Fortuner. The vehicle was impounded in connection with a March 2023 FIR involving cheating, forgery, and corruption related to the embezzlement of approximately Rs.72.13 crore from the Haryana Shahari Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP).

The case centers on a massive fraud where unauthorised payments were funneled from a "ghost" HSVP bank account between 2015 and 2019. Investigations revealed that the account, opened at a Manimajra bank under a fake designation, was used to repeatedly release public funds to specific parties via untraceable emails. The prosecution alleges t...