Leaders of the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) on Thursday alleged that the Maharashtra government has announced a Special Investigation Team (SIT) in the Disha Salian death case to divert the attention from the Nagpur land "scam" involving Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.

Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday said in the state Assembly that an SIT will be formed to conduct a probe into the death of Salian, the former manager of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput.