CBI filed a record 1,005 cases and preliminary enquires in 2025: Report
The agency had registered a total of 840 cases in 2024, 876 in 2023, 946 in 2022, 747 in 2021 and 676 in 2020, according to previous years’ CVC reports.
In 2025, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed an unprecedented 1,005 cases and preliminary enquiries (PEs), marking a 48% increase compared to the previous year when they filed 676 cases and enquiries. According to the latest annual report from the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) and agency data independently reviewed by HT, the CBI took up 161 cases on orders from constitutional courts and 27 cases on references from state governments and union territories.
This record-breaking year saw the CBI focusing on trapping corrupt government servants, digital arrest scams, human trafficking networks in Southeast Asia, and a nexus between builders and banks to cheat homebuyers. During 2025, the CBI laid 265 traps against government servants for bribery cases and registered 81 cases to investigate disproportionate asset possession by government servants, marking the first time they registered 81 DA cases in a year.
As of the end of 2025, the CBI had completed investigations in 1,064 cases, with 755 cases pending - 679 regular cases, 63 preliminary inquiries, and 13 Lokpal references. Despite the record number of cases filed, the agency still faces challenges in completing probes within one year of registration.
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