All-party march in Parbhani demanding arrest of accused in the Beed murder case

An allparty march demanding a deeper investigation into the Beed sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh murder case was organised in Maharashtras Parbhani city on Saturday PTI reportedThe morcha started from the Nutan College ground and will culminate at the Shivaji Maharajs statueDeshmuskh the sarpanch of Beed districts Massajog village was kidnapped tortured and murdered on December 9 prima facie for attempting to stop an extortion bid on an energy firm operating a windmill project in the area PTI reportedTill now the police have arrested six out of the seven individuals involved in the murderThe opposition has demanded the resignation of Maharashtra minister and NCP leader Dhananjay Munde after his close aide Walmik Karad was arrested in the extortion case in connection to Deshmukhs murder PTI reportedAs per PTI Public representatives from the opposition Shiv Sena UBT and ruling Maratha quota leader Manoj Jarange along with family members of the deceased Santosh Deshmukh joined the marchEarlier Parbhani witnessed violence after a glassencased replica of the Constitution was vandalisedThe death of the Dalit man Somnath Suryavanshi arrested in relation to the violence in judicial custody triggered fresh protest PTI reportedBeed sarpanch murder SIT questions three individuals including man close to absconding accusedThe Special Investigation Team SIT of the Crime Investigation Department probing the murder of Beed sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh has questioned three persons sources told news agency PTIDeshmukh the sarpanch of Massajog village was abducted tortured and murdered on December 9 for attempting to stop an extortion bid on an energy firm helming a windmill project in the regionSources said on Friday that one of the three men questioned is a doctor and a close to absconding accused Sudarshan Ghule reported PTIPolice believe this man helped Ghule fleeSeveral police teams have been deployed to arrest those on the run they saidMeanwhile Vishnu Chate one of the persons arrested in the extortion case linked to Deshmukhs murder told CID officials he had called the project manager of the energy company from his mobile phone reported PTIHe also told police about a conversation between key accused Walmik Karad and the project manager sources told PTIThe Crime Investigation Department CID arrested Karad in Pune after he surrendered on Tuesday in connection with a Rs 2 crore extortion case linked to Deshmukhs murder Karad was remanded in 14day police custodyWith PTI inputs