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Central Bureau of Investigation

Current Affairs for Week 36 of 2026

  1. Bihar makes prior State consent mandatory for CBI action against its employees

    A Bihar Home Department notification of 3 September requires prior State permission before the Central Bureau of Investigation initiates any investigation, search, interrogation or arrest against a public servant serving under the State government. The same order widens the agency’s ambit over Central employees, Central PSUs and private persons.

    Source: The Hindu (Patna edition)

  2. CBI searches 89 locations in 20 States over 'digital arrest' frauds

    The Central Bureau of Investigation carried out searches at 89 locations across 20 States on 4 September in three cases of ‘digital arrest’ cyber fraud, in which callers posing as police or investigating officers confine victims on video calls and extort money.

    Source: The Hindu