India, Oct. 27 -- Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday gave a clean chit to former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Madha, Ranjitsinh Naik Nimbalkar, and the sitting Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLA from Phaltan, Sachin Patil, over their alleged involvement in the death of the government medical officer posted in Phaltan, Satara district.

"Some people are politicising everything. Without any reason, efforts were made to drag the names of Naik Nimbalkar and Patil in the case. But Maharashtra knows who Devabhau is. If there had been any evidence against them, I would have cancelled the programme and not come here," Fadnavis said after inaugurating several projects in Satara and Solapur districts.

The chief minister was accom...