Maha govt orders CID probe on conspiracy allegations of Devendra Fadnavis

Maharashtra Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil on Monday announced a Criminal Investigation Department CID probe into the allegations raised by opposition leader Devendra Fadnavis that conspiracies to implicate BJP leaders including himself were hatched by Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA leaders at the office of special public prosecutor Pravin ChavanHe said this sting operation will be probedReplying to a debate on law and order in the Lower House Walse Patil said Pravin Chavan has resigned as the special public prosecutorThis sting operation on Pravin Chavan will be probed There is no question of supporting anyone involved the state home minister said Fadnavis had on March 8 submitted a pen drive containing proof to Deputy Speaker Narhari ZirwalHe had claimed this pen drive comprised video recordings running into 125 hours showing how conspiracies were hatched by the police and members of the MVA Shiv Sena NCP and Congress to frame BJP leaders including himself in false cases at the office of Pravin ChavanFadnavis had said that the video footage showed Chavan talking about how meetings were held at the highest level from the chief minister to state DGP to the police commissioner to frame BJP leader Girish Mahajan under MCOCA and arrest himThe BJP leader had demanded a CBI probeFadnavis on Monday said the state government cannot probe the allegations raised by him and insisted on a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation The BJP will move the court if our demand is not met he addedBJP MLAs staged a walkout demanding a CBI probeMeanwhile Walse Patil claimed that the illegal phone tapping between 20152019 involved four elected representatives of the BJP The phone tapping was done illegally under the garb that phones of drug peddlers have been put under surveillance he saidSpeaking in the Assembly Shiv Sena MLA Bhaskar Jadhav wondered how the contents of the pen drive submitted by Fadnavis to the House found the way in the public domainThe pen drive is the property of the House How come its contents are available in the public domain Is it not the breach of the privilege of the House he askedSenior NCP leader Jayant Patil said the point raised by Jadhav is validThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever