Beed sarpanch's brother protests on water tank for murder probe information
The Hindu
Family members of the slain sarpanch and Opposition leaders are demanding that State minister Dhananjay Munde’s aide Walmik Karad, arrested in a related extortion case, be booked for murder.
Dhananjay Deshmukh, brother of slain Beed sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh, climbed a village water tank on Monday (January 13,2025) and threatened to jump alleging that information about the investigation was not shared with the family.
He demanded that the accused in the extortion case linked to sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh's murder be booked under murder charges.
Family members of the slain sarpanch and Opposition leaders are demanding that State minister Dhananjay Munde's aide Walmik Karad, arrested in a related extortion case, be booked for murder.
The brother of the sarpanch had claimed a potential threat to his life from the murder accused once they were freed.
Santosh Deshmukh, the sarpanch of Massajog village, was abducted, tortured, and murdered on December 9. Preliminary investigation suggests that the sarpanch had tried to thwart an extortion bid on an energy firm operating a windmill project in the region.
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The brother had climbed the water tank around noon on Monday, a day after he warned of staging agitation on a mobile phone network tower and jumping to death.
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