As many as 1,000 of the 2,642 cases registered by the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) are hanging fire since the past four years due to lack of state government sanction for prosecution.
Addressing mediapersons, deputy chief minister of Maharashtra Chaggan Bhujbal said on Monday that of these cases, 169 were awaiting sanction for prosecution for more than 10 years, 139 for between 8-10 years, 195 for between six-eight years, 439 for between four-six years, 664 for between two-four years, 569 for between one-two years and 340 cases for less than a year.
Bhujbal said:
