Meghalaya has become the ninth state of the country to withdraw consent to CBI to investigate cases in the state.
It means that the CBI will not be able to file any new cases involving central government officials or private persons in the state without the permission of the state government.
Before Meghalaya, the eight other states that had withdrawn consent to the CBI are Punjab, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Mizoram, and Kerala.
The first state to withdraw consent was Mizoram which did so in 2015.