Karad has been booked under the Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act (MCOCA). Dhananjay Deshmukh, brother of slain sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh, protested in Masajog village of Beed on Monday and demanded that Karad be booked under MCOCA. Karad posted a video on social media, claiming that he was being linked to the murder due to political vendetta.
Valmik Karad, a close aide of Maharashtra minister Dhananjay Munde, surrendered before the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Pune in a case related to the murder of a sarpanch in Maharashtra’s Beed district, a Maharashtra court said on Tuesday, sentencing the NCP. Valmik Karad, a close aide of minister Dhananjay Munde, wanted in a Rs 2 crore extortion case related to the murder of a sarpanch in Beed district, was sent to 14-day judicial custody. Karad surrendered before the police in Pune on December 31 and was sent to 14-day police custody. He was brought from Beed and produced in the court at Cage in the district on Tuesday.
Karad has been booked under the Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act (MCOCA). Dhananjay Deshmukh, brother of slain sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh, protested in Masajog village of Beed on Monday and demanded that Karad be booked under MCOCA. Karad posted a video on social media, claiming he was being linked to the murder due to political vendetta. Santosh Deshmukh, sarpanch of Masjog village in Kej tehsil of Beed district, was abducted and brutally murdered on December 9, allegedly after he protested against extortion by some people demanding money from a windmill company.
According to police, Santosh Deshmukh, sarpanch of Masajog village in Kej tehsil of Beed district, was allegedly kidnapped and murdered on December 9. Deshmukh was killed for resisting an attempt by some people to demand money from officials of a water mill company.
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