Maharashtra Chief Minister (CM) Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday accused key leaders of the opposition Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) of being involved in a "conspiracy" against his cabinet colleague, Jaykumar Gore, in a case concerning a woman, reported news agency PTI. While replying to a motion initiated by the opposition in the Maharashtra Assembly, Devendra Fadnavis claimed there was evidence of communication between NCP (SP) lawmaker Supriya Sule and her legislator nephew Rohit Pawar and one of the accused in a case where three individuals, including the woman, have been arrested for allegedly trying to extort money from Gore.

Devendra Fadnavis, who is also the Home Minister of Maharashtra, assured the assembly that a thorough investigation would be conducted into the matter. Gore, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator representing the Man constituency in Satara district, is the Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister. Last week, Gore had alleged that the woman who accused him of harassment attempted to extort Rs 3 crore from him to settle the issue.