The Maharashtra government on Friday set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe an alleged conspiracy of the earlier Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) regime to register false criminal cases against Devendra Fadnavis and Eknath Shinde, reported the PTI.

The SIT will be headed by Satyanarayan Chaudhary, Joint Commissioner of Police (Law and Order), Mumbai Police, said a Government Resolution (GR) or order issued by the state Home department, according to the PTI.