Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis responded to Congress MLA Nana Patole’s allegations of honeytrap racket targeting state officials and ministers at the Ministry (Secretariat) in Thane, Nashik and Mumbai, saying the police have not received any complaint in the case. Speaking during the monsoon session of the state assembly, Fadnavis said that no complaint has been filed regarding Honey Trap and the allegations made by Nana Patole have not yet reached the government. He said that I do not know what this bomb is. We have not received any information yet. No complaint of Honey Trap has been lodged by any minister nor by any officer.
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This response to the Chief Minister came a day after former state Congress President Nana Patole created a fresh political storm, that top ministers and senior IAS and IPS officers may have been targeted in a honeytrap operation, which has shook the state in recent times. Talking to reporters, Patole claimed that the actual number of officers trapped in this scandal is more than the number being stated. Patole said that the information we have received about this honeytrap case is very serious. In such cases confidential government documents may be handed over to anti-national elements, which will be a major security lapse. It should be investigated in depth by the police.
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Speaking in the Assembly, Patole claimed that all the evidence related to the allegations was present in a pen drive, and insisted that the issue has not yet made any statement despite the issue being public for some time. He alleged that Thane, Nashik and the Ministry (State Secretariat) have become the center of the honeytrap, but the government has not paid attention to it. The dispute increased further when media reports claimed that several senior officials in Maharashtra were blackmailed by a woman and allegedly threatened to register fake rape cases and demanded forcibly recovery.
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Assembly Speaker Rahul Narvekar asked the state government to take the matter seriously and file a reply in the House. On Thursday, Patole again raised the issue, after which the Speaker directed the government to take action and report before the session ends on Friday. Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde replied that the government has taken the allegations in this regard seriously and after investigation, strict action will be taken against the culprits.