Beed sarpanch murder: Sena (UBT) leader Ambadas Danve demands CID to disclose facts

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Ambadas Danve. File Pic

Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader Ambadas Danve on Friday demanded that the Maharashtra Crime Investigation Department (CID) must disclose the details coming out in the probe into the murder of Sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh.

According to news agency PTI, the Maharashtra Legislative Council Leader of Opposition stated that the trials in both the murder case and the related extortion case, in which Walmik Karad, a close associate of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Minister Dhananjay Munde, has been arrested, should be conducted outside Beed district.

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Deshmukh, the sarpanch of Massajog village in Kej tehsil of Beed district in Maharashtra, was abducted and brutally killed on December 9, allegedly for opposing an extortion bid by some persons who had demanded money from a windmill company.

Karad surrendered before the state CID in Pune in connection with the extortion case on Tuesday, 22 days after the sarpanch's murder, inviting sharp reaction from the opposition. As per PTI, four persons have been arrested in the murder case so far.

The Shiv Sena (UBT) leader said, "Three accused are still missing, what about them? I have information that the arrested accused may have contacted the absconding men."

He further said that the CID should reveal details that have come out during the investigation.

"Karad claims he is not connected with all this. However, the arrested accused have claimed there was a communication (between the company and Karad) about the extortion. Facts will come out only when the three absconding accused are arrested," Danve said.

Beed Sarpanch murder: Danve wants trial to be held outside Beed

Maharashtra Legislative Council Leader of Opposition Ambadas Danve on Thursday said that the trial in the Beed Sarpanch murder should be conducted outside Beed district, reported news agency PTI.

Danve said that the public prosecutor recused Walmik Karad from the case. Karad, a close associate of NCP minister Dhananjay Munde, was produced before a court in Beed after surrendering in an extortion case linked to the murder of Santosh Deshmukh, the Massajog Village Sarpanch.

The Shiv Sena (UBT) leader, as stated by PTI, sought to know the reason behind the prosecutor's recusal.

"The trial of the Santosh Deshmukh murder case should be conducted outside Beed," Danve said.

The Shiv Sena (UBT) leader also raised doubts over the 10-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed by the state government to probe Deshmukh's death.

"Majority of the officers in the probe team are from Beed. The police personnel who refused to act against Karad are being included in the probe team, everything looks scripted," he claimed.

Danve also demanded that the CID make Karad's call records public, stated PTI.

The Maharashtra government on Wednesday formed the SIT for the probe into Deshmukh's murder.

The SIT will be headed by CID's Deputy Inspector General Basavraj Teli, said an order issued by the state Home department.

The government had handed over the probe into the murder and related cases of extortion and an assault on a security guard to the CID earlier.

During the recently-held winter session of the Maharashtra legislature, the opposition alleged Karad was the "mastermind" of the murder, though he claimed that he was being accused falsely for political vendetta, reported PTI.

(With inputs from PTI)