Suspended CBI judge Sudhir Parmar, who was arrested in a money-laundering scam, has received a clean chit from a departmental committee, according to a report by inquiry officer Nirbhow Gill. The report, which is yet to be accepted by the High Court administration, could be a setback for the Haryana Vigilance Bureau.

Parmar was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a money laundering investigation linked to alleged bribery. The case originated from an FIR filed by the Haryana Police's Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in April against Parmar, his nephew Ajay Parmar, and Roop Kumar Bansal, a promoter of the M3M group. The ACB FIR alleged that Parmar showed favoritism towards Roop Kumar Bansal, his brother Basant Bansal, and Lalit Goyal of IREO, in criminal cases of the ED and other CBI cases pending in his court.

The ED's investigation led to the arrest of Ajay Parmar, Basant Bansal, Pankaj Bansal, and Lalit Goyal. The agency alleged that undue benefits were provided to Sudhir Parmar through his relative, Ajay Parmar and that Parmar accepted bribes from the accused in cases pending before him. M3M had reportedly received ₹400 crore from IREO via shell companies in multiple layers in one transaction.

However, according to the latest developments, Parmar has received a clean chit from a departmental committee. The inquiry officer, Nirbhow Gill, submitted a report that could potentially create a setback for the Haryana Vigilance Bureau. The details of the report are yet to be fully disclosed, and its acceptance by the High Court administration is pending.

In related news, an assistant director of the ED, Vishal Deep, was arrested by the CBI in Mumbai in January 2025 on corruption charges. A special court termed the arrest illegal, citing "several critical fundamental lapses" and directed Deep's release on a bond. The CBI claimed Deep demanded a bribe of ₹1.1 crore from the chairman of Himalayan Group of Professional Institutions for not arresting him in a money laundering case being probed by the ED. The court, however, noted the failure to produce the case diary and the absence of an arrest warrant, deeming the arrest procedurally unsound. Deep, in turn, alleged that he was framed by the CBI and pressured to dilute charges against the accused in a money laundering case he was investigating.

In July 2025, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) Deputy Director Chintan Raghuvanshi, who was arrested by the CBI in May for bribery, was granted bail by the Orissa High Court.