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Andhra Pradesh Bars CBI Officials from entering state, carrying out probe without informing Govt


Mangalore Today News Network

Hyderabad, Nov 16, 2018 : In a decision that is certain to trigger a fresh face-off with the Centre, the Andhra Pradesh government has stated that Central Bureau of Investigation personnel will now have to seek prior permission before entry into the state for official work.

 

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The state government has issued a notification withdrawing consent accorded to officers of the investigation agency to carry out search and operations without informing it first.

A notification by the state government issued this week says the general consent accorded to by the state to Delhi Special Police Establishment stand withdrawn. The CBI has was constituted under the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act of 1946.

In the absence of this permission, the CBI cannot interfere with any case that takes place within the limits of AP any more. The state government cited lack of confidence in the CBI after its officials were accused in recent scams.

The state government will no more rely on the resources of the central institution for additional investigations in unresolved cases. With the latest decision, the CBI cannot conduct raids any more in AP and its functions would now have to be carried out by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of AP within AP limits.

But more importantly, this also gives the ACB enough powers to conduct raids and searches on central government departments and institutions located in the state if there are any suspicions.

The decision is being seen as another flash-point between the centre and state government after Chandrababu Naidu-led TDP withdrew from the NDA earlier this year.

Naidu, who has been trying to mobilise opposition parties ahead of 2019 general elections, has in recent months accused the BJP and YSR Congress of plotting to destabilise the government.

He has repeatedly alleged that the Centre was using central institutions, including the CBI and the I-T department, to threaten the state and his ministers for demanding special status for Andhra Pradesh.


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