A case of extortion has been lodged against a Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader, Valmik Karad, along with two other individuals, in Maharashtra's Beed district. The trio is accused of demanding a sum of Rs 2 crore from a wind energy company to allow its wind farm operations to continue in the area.

According to PTI reports, Karad, a local NCP leader aligned with Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar’s faction, allegedly approached officials from Avaada Energy, a wind power firm, with threats to halt their operations unless they paid the extortion money. This incident is the latest in a series of criminal activities involving the same group of individuals.