The BJP will approach the Bombay High Court seeking a CBI probe into the hatching of conspiracies by MVA leaders to implicate BJP leader Girish Mahajan in a false case at the office of public prosecutor Pravin Chavan, Opposition leader Devendra Fadnavis said on Monday.

Earlier in the day, Maharashtra Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil announced a Criminal Investigation Department (CID) probe into the allegations raised by Fadnavis earlier. He told the Lower House this "sting operation" will be probed. Walse Patil had told the Assembly that Pravin Chavan has resigned as the public prosecutor. Speaking to reporters in the premises of the Vidhan Bhavan, Fadnavis said, "We will approach the Bombay High Court in a week regarding the alleged conspiracy to frame Girish Mahajan. we demand to hand over this case to the CBI." Mahajan, a former minister, is the BJP MLA from Jamner constituency in the Jalgaon district. Fadnavis said the CBI investigation will unearth a bigger scandal in the state.