India, Aug. 8 -- A gift of three acres of prime land in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar to the driver of Shiv Sena MP Sandipan Bhumre will be investigated by the state revenue department. This was stated by revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Thursday. He said his department will probe a complaint that raised doubts over the "gift" to Javed Shaikh by members of the Salar Jung family, whose members served as prime ministers to the Nizam of Hyderabad.

An investigation has been sought by the opposition, which claims that Shaikh is in no way connected to the Salar Jung family. "I have received a complaint sent by some citizens about the land transaction. I have asked the additional chief secretary (revenue) to investigate," Bawankule told...