Maharashtra Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) minister Dhananjay Munde’s close aide, Walmik Karad, who was wanted in an extortion case linked to the brutal murder of a sarpanch in Beed district, has surrendered and been remanded in 14-day police custody. According to PTI, Karad turned himself in at the Crime Investigation Department (CID) office in Pune on Tuesday morning.

Inspector General of Police Sarang Awad confirmed that Karad arrived at the CID premises in a car, accompanied by his associates. A preliminary inquiry was conducted, and he was subsequently handed over to the Beed CID team, which is probing both the murder and the related extortion case. Later that evening, he was presented before a court in Kej, Beed district, where he was remanded to 14 days of police custody during a late-night hearing.