The Telangana government withdrew the general consent to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to investigate cases in the state. According to a notification issued by the TRS-led government, prior consent would be required to launch probes in the state.
The notification read, “Government of Telangana hereby withdraws all previous general consents issued by the state government to all the members of Delhi Special Police Establishment to exercise the powers and jurisdiction under the said Act in Telangana.”
“Consequent to the withdrawal of all previous general consents issued earlier, prior consent of the Telangana government shall be required to be taken on a case-to-case basis for investigation of any offence or class of offences in the state,” it added.
The development has come amid the political heat generated by the arrest of three alleged agents of BJP while trying to bribe four MLAs of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) to make them defect to the BJP.
The BJP has been demanding that the investigation be handed over to the CBI in the ‘MLAs poaching’ case.
Though the Government Order (GO) was issued on August 30, it was kept confidential. It was made public on Saturday when the state government informed the Telangana High Court about the withdrawal of general consent to the CBI during hearing on a petition filed by the BJP seeking direction to transfer the investigation to the Central agency.
The High Court on Saturday stayed investigation in the case till further orders and directed the state government to file its counter by November 4.
