Kerala withdraws general consent accorded to CBI to probe cases

Left-ruled Kerala on Wednesday decided to withdraw general consent accorded to Central Bureau of Investigaton (CBI) to probe cases, joining a list of n-BJP ruled states including Maharashtra to have effected a similar move.

Kerala, ruled by CPI(M)-led LDF, became fifth state after Maharashtra, West Bengal, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh to withdraw general consent accorded to CBI to excercise its powers under Delhi Special Police Establishment Act.

decision was taken at a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, an official statement here said.

lone Left-ruled state in country took key decision at a time when CBI was probing various alleged irregularities in its ambitious Life Mission project, a housing initiative for poor.

"We have decided to withdraw general consent given to CBI, through tifications under Section 6 of Delhi Special Police Establishment Act 1946," it said.

" Central ncy would be entrusted with investigation of cases in necessary situations, only with special permission of state government," it ded.

consent is akin to a blanket d for ncy to probe scheduled offences specified in Delhi Special Police Establishment Act (DPSE) Act, 1946.

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