A judicial committee of a retired Bombay high court judge will probe the purchase of the MIDC land near Pune by former Revenue Minister Eknath Khadse, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said today.

Khadse, a senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader, had to resign earlier this month over the controversial deal wherein he had purchased three-acre plot at Bhosri, believed to be owned by the state Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) in name of his kin for Rs 3.75 crore as against the market price of Rs 40 crore.

A retired judge of the Bombay High Court will be appointed to probe the purchase of MIDC land at Bhosari by Khadse. The probe against him will be that of a judicial committee and it will be completed within three months, the CM told reporters.

He said the police have already cleared Khadses name amidst allegations that he had received calls on his mobile number from wife of Karachi-based fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim.