India, Dec. 1 -- The Supreme Court on Monday entrusted the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe all pending first information reports (FIR) in cases related to digital fraud.

"The digital arrest scam undoubtedly requires immediate attention of the premier investigation agency and therefore we proceed further with a clear direction that CBI shall investigate case reporting as Digital Arrest scam," said a bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and justice Joymalya Bagchi.

The court issued a slew of directions giving the agency a "free hand" to probe the role of banks and its officials in facilitating opening of new bank accounts into which the fraudsters coerce the victims to transfer money.

The court also issued noti...