<h1>Senior airport finance manager arrested for allegedly siphoning Rs 232 crore via fake accounts, duplicate entries and inflated assets</h1> A central investigative agency arrested a senior finance manager of a state airport authority on allegations of siphoning over Rs 232 crore into personal trading accounts via a three-year scheme of fictitious and duplicated accounting entries, asset inflation and unauthorized transfers while posted at a regional airport. The authority's internal audit flagged anomalies, prompting a formal complaint and an FIR with the agency's Economic Offences Unit. Searches of official and residential premises reportedly yielded documents and securities. Allegations include misuse of official signatory powers, creation of bogus assets and work-order duplications to divert funds, and testing of systems with smaller transactions before escalating.