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Now CBI will need Maharashtra govt's permission to probe cases in state

Now the agency will need to approach the government for permission before initiating any investigations on a case by case basis.

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In what is potentially a controversial decision, the Maharashtra government on Wednesday decreed that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) would be required to take the state's permission before probing cases here.

The government has withdrawn its consent to the CBI to probe cases in the state. An order was issued on Wednesday by the state government in this regard.

However, it will not affect investigation on the ongoing cases by the Central probe agency in the state.

"The Government of Maharashtra hereby withdraws the consent accorded to the members of Delhi Special Police Establishment vide government order, Home Department, dated February 22, 1989 as also by any other instrument issued by the government of Maharashtra," the order issued by Deputy Secretary to government, Kailas Gaikwad read.

With this, the CBI will now have to take permission from the state government to investigate on a case-to-case basis in Maharashtra.

The developments came a day after the CBI lodged an FIR in the Television Ratings Points (TRP) scam case following a recommendation by the Uttar Pradesh Police after a complaint was registered by an advertising agency at Lucknow's Hazratganj Police Station.

Earlier in October, the Mumbai Police had said it had busted a massive racket of alleged fraudulent manipulations of TRPs involving at least 3 private television channels -- Republic TV, Fakt Marathi and Box Cinema.

Earlier, three non-BJP-ruled states - Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal - had already withdrawn their general consent to let the CBI probe cases in their jurisdiction.

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