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According to reports, Mumbai’s Joint Commissioner of Police, Law and Order, Satyanarayana Chaudhary will lead the SIT team. The SIT has been asked to submit its report to the government in 30 days.
The Maharashtra government has formed a special investigation team (SIT) to investigate the alleged conspiracy to implicate CM Devendra Fadnavis, Deputy CM Eknath Shinde and other Mahayuti leaders during the tenure of Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government. According to reports, Mumbai’s Joint Commissioner of Police, Law and Order, Satyanarayana Chaudhary will lead the SIT team. The SIT has been asked to submit its report to the government in 30 days.
The step was taken when a businessman Sanjay Punamia claimed that the media has broadcast the sting operation in which a former police officer said during a telephone conversation that preparations to arrest former Mumbai police chief Devendra Fadnavis and Eknath Shinde. Was stayed He claimed that the arrest would be related to a case against him. After the claims, BJP MLC Praveen Darekar demanded that an SIT be set up to investigate the conspiracy. According to a government resolution (GR) issued by the State Home Department, the SIT will be headed by Satyanarayana Chaudhary, Joint Commissioner of Police of Mumbai Police.
The decision to form the SIT has been taken after the claims made by BJP leader Praveen Darekar in the Maharashtra Legislative Council during the winter session in December 2024. Darekar alleged that there was a conspiracy to trap Fadnavis and Shinde and claimed to have audio recording as evidence. Fadnavis, who took over the post of Chief Minister for the third time after the Mahayuti alliance’s election victory in November 2024, served as the Leader of the Opposition during the MVA tenure from November 2019 to June 2022.
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