As many as 221 requests seeking consent for CBI probe are pending with six States, with Maharashtra receiving the highest of 168 of them involving a whopping amount of ₹29,000 crore, the Rajya Sabha was informed on July 28. Of the total requests seeking permission for the federal agency to probe the cases involving an amount of ₹30,912.28 crore, 27 are pending with West Bengal involving ₹1,193.80 crore, nine with Punjab (involving ₹255.32 crore), seven with Chhattisgarh (₹80.35 crore), six with Jharkhand (₹330.57 crore) and four with Rajasthan (₹12.06 crore), according to a written reply by Union Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh.
The highest of 168 requests (involving an amount of ₹29,040.18 crore) seeking consent for CBI probe are pending with Maharashtra, as on June 30, 2022, it said.
Giving details of pendency, the minister said 91 requests are pending with Maharashtra for less than six months, 38 for more than six months and less than one year and 39 for over a year.
