Beed sarpanch murder case: Despite Opposition demand, Dhananjay Munde unlikely to be named accused for now
The chargesheet in the Beed sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh murder case mentions eight accused. Unless there is new evidence, no new names are likely to be added, sources said.
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Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Dhananjay Munde had been facing pressure to resign after his close aide Walmik Karad was arrested in a case related to the murder. (Source: FB)As the Opposition in Maharashtra demanded that Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Dhananjay Munde, who resigned as a minister on Tuesday, be named an accused in the Beed sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh murder case, sources in the special investigation team (SIT) that probed the case said it was unlikely that new names would be added to the chargesheet with the evidence in hand.
“The chargesheet names eight accused against whom we have found evidence in connection with the murder of Santosh Deshmukh. Based on the evidence so far, no new names will be added. Unless some new evidence crops up, the chargesheet will have no new names,” a source from the SIT said.
Asked why the chargesheet has been kept open for investigation under Section 193 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the official said that it was because one of the accused, Krushna Andhale, was still on the run. “Once he is arrested, another chargesheet will be filed detailing his role in the case,” an official said.
Deshmukh, the sarpanch of Massajog village in Beed district, was murdered on December 9, allegedly after he tried to prevent an extortion attempt. Seven of the eight accused in the case have been arrested.
Munde had been facing pressure to resign after his close aide Walmik Karad was arrested in a case related to the murder. The chargesheet filed by the CID earlier this week against eight accused in the Deshmukh murder case names Karad.
It was the video and photographs of the brutal killing of the sarpanch which were attached to the chargesheet that led to fresh outrage against Munde, resulting in his resignation.
On Tuesday, after Munde submitted his resignation to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray said that the CID should submit a revised chargesheet in the case, naming Munde. A similar demand was raised by NCP (SP) leader and Beed MLA Sandeep Kshirsagar.
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