The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a senior manager of the Airports Authority of India (AAI), identified as Rahul Vijay, for allegedly embezzling an enormous sum of nearly ₹232 crore. Vijay, who was serving at Dehradun airport during the period of the alleged misconduct, is accused of orchestrating a large-scale financial fraud by manipulating official records and digital entries to siphon public money into his personal bank accounts.
According to the investigation, the fraudulent activities are believed to have taken place between 2019–20 and 2022–23. During this time, Vijay allegedly fabricated duplicate assets, created fictitious entries, and even inflated asset values—at times by merely inserting additional zeros in the records—to disguise the magnitude of his actions and escape detection. These manipulations reportedly allowed him to systematically divert hundreds of crores of rupees from AAI’s funds.
The CBI stated that preliminary analysis of financial transactions revealed that the siphoned funds were later channeled into trading accounts. To advance the probe, CBI officials conducted search operations on August 28 at Vijay’s residential and office premises in Jaipur. The searches led to the recovery of incriminating material, including property documents and records of valuable securities, which are now being examined to trace the money trail further.
A formal case has been registered against Vijay for criminal misconduct and misappropriation of public funds. At the time of his arrest, he was posted as the finance in-charge at Jaipur airport, as confirmed by his LinkedIn profile. Before this role, Vijay had also worked with Coal India, suggesting a career spanning across significant public sector undertakings.
