A day after Home Minister Anil Deshmukh alleged tapping of several phone lines of senior NCP and Shiv Sena leaders by the previous BJP government, former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis challenged the current government to conduct a probe and prove their claims.

Sena leader Deepak Kesarkar, who was then the minister of state for home, feigned ignorance on matter, while also contesting NCP boss Sharad Pawar's claim that the criminal case against intellectuals in connection with the Koregaon Bhima riots case was fabricated by the then administration.