The Supreme Court on Monday directed all States to file details of the first information reports (FIRs) registered by them with respect to digital arrest scams. A Bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi also contemplated handing over the probe to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and queried whether the CBI has the resources to handle all cases across the country relating to such scams. This was after Solicitor General Tushar Mehta informed the Bench that the CBI was already dealing with a few such cases. "CBI is already investigating some of the offences," he said. "Please find out whether the CBI has the resources to handle all the cases," Justice Bagchi said. "If they need experts in cyber crime they may tell us," Justice Kant added.

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