Updated On: 03 January, 2025 11:02 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Santosh Deshmukh, sarpanch of Massajog village in Kej taluka of Beed district, was abducted and tortured to death on December 9, allegedly for opposing an extortion bid by some persons who had demanded money from a windmill company

Sunil Tatkare. File Pic
The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) state president Sunil Tatkare on Friday said whosoever is guilty in the Beed sarpanch murder case should face trial in a fast-track court and get the strictest punishment, reported the PTI.
Tatkare, however, parried a question on whether NCP minister Dhananjay Munde will be asked to resign as his close aide Walmik Karad is at the centre of a controversy and is an accused in an extortion case linked to the sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh's murder.