Fadnavis was speaking at a review meeting on the Maha AI platform held at Vidhan Bhavan in Mumbai. Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Disaster Management Minister Girish Mahajan, senior bureaucrats, and officials from the IT and AI departments were present

According to police, Bafna initially availed a cash credit facility of Rs 90 lakh from TJSB Co-operative Bank in 1998. He repaid the amount over time, earning the trust of bank officials