Mumbai, Nov 6 (IANS) Amid a raging controversy over a high value land transaction in Pune’s upscale Mundhwa-Koregaon Park area involving Deputy Chief Minister and NCP chief Ajit Pawar’s son Parth Pawar, the Maharashtra Chief Minister on Thursday ordered a high-level probe.

CM Devendra Fadnavis ordered a probe by a three member committee headed by the Revenue Department’s Additional Chief Secretary, Vikas Kharge.

Describing the charges as prima facie very serious, CM Fadnavis said the committee would probe how the government land was transferred without proper authorisation and why the stamp duty was waived.

CM Fadnavis told reporters that he has sought detailed reports from the Revenue and Land Records departments and assured strict action if wrongdoing is found, emphasising that “even

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