Karnataka high court rejects Union Bank plea for CBI probe in Valmiki Corporation scam case

BENGALURU: The High Court of Karnataka on Wednesday rejected a plea of Union Bank of India to order a CBI probe in connection with the Maharshi Valmiki ST Development Corporation scam.

Union Bank had sought a stay on a probe by a special investigation team (SIT) and instead handing over the probe to the CBI. However, Justice M Nagaprasanna ruled that the SIT probe will continue while there will be no stay on the FIR already registered by the CBI in the case.