Requests for a CBI probe in 128 bank fraud cases involving ₹21,074.43 crore were pending for grant of consent by the States in 2019-22, said the Central government on Thursday.
Of these, 101 cases (₹20,312.53 crore) were pending in Maharashtra, 12 cases (₹29,3.94 crore) in Punjab, eight (₹157.26 crore) in Chhattisgarh, six (₹293.64 crore) in West Bengal and one (₹12.06 crore) in Rajasthan.
Sharing the details in a written reply to a query from Member Sushil Kumar Modi, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said Mizoram, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Kerala, Jharkhand, Punjab and Meghalaya had withdrawn their general consent to the CBI from July 2015 to February 2022.