India, Nov. 8 -- After a Pune land deal involving illegal sale of government property in a place called Mundhwa led to a political storm in Maharashtra and beyond, centred around deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar's son Parth Pawar, CM Devendra Fadnavis has declared that "no one will be spared", though the FIR does not expressly name Parth.

Fadnavis said in Nagpur, "Those who don't even understand what an FIR (First Information Report) is, are the ones making baseless allegations. When an FIR is registered, it is filed against the express parties involved. In this case, the FIR has been filed against the company and its authorised signatories."

The opposition Shiv Sena (UBT) and Congress have alleged collusion at the top for the land repo...