Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar has appealed to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to review and bolster the security arrangements for public representatives and political leaders across the state, following growing concerns over threats to their safety.

In a letter addressed to Fadnavis on Sunday, Pawar expressed his deep concern over the continued absconding of some of the perpetrators involved in the brutal murder of Santosh Deshmukh, the sarpanch of Massajog village in Beed district. Deshmukh was abducted, tortured, and killed on December 9, allegedly for his efforts to resist an extortion attempt linked to a windmill project. As per PTI, some of the killers remain at large nearly a month after the crime.