Updated On: 04 January, 2025 11:37 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Santosh Deshmukh, 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 region

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An official on Saturday said that the police have arrested two absconding accused involved in the murder of Beed sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh from Maharashtra's Dhule district, reported news agency PTI.
The Dhule police have arrested Sudarshan Chandrabhan Ghule (26) and Sudhir Sangle (23) and handed them over to the special investigation team of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), which is probing the Beed sarpanch murder case, the official said, reported PTI.