A day after the Maharashtra government revoked the general consent given to the Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI) to probe matters in the state, Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said the decision would be a deterrent against the agency's political masters, who want to use the central apparatus for political reasons in cases like the TRP scam and several other incidents.

Deshmukh told media persons in Mumbai on Thursday that so far many cases have been transferred to the CBI. "Recently a TRP case was registered in Maharashtra and our police are investigating it effectively. Then some complaint was registered and turned into an FIR in Uttar Pradesh, which asked the CBI to probe it. I think there was a possibility of clubbing these cases (by the CBI)," he said, adding that the state would not allow any effort to undermine the ability of Mumbai or Maharashtra police in investigating matters in their jurisdiction, because they were one of the best police forces in the world.